Introducing .NET 3.0/3.5

• Exploring .NET 3.0/3.5 architecture
• LINQ
• WPF
• WCF
• WF
• ASP.NET Ajax
• Silverlight

Language Integrated Query (LINQ)

Developing LINQ queries

• Investigating LINQ syntax
• Inferring data types at design time

Object relational mapping with LINQ to SQL

• Querying a database
• Returning LINQ Entities

Working with the LINQ designer

• Controlling how data is loaded with lambda expressions
• Promoting entity changes to databases via the DataContext
• Managing the DataContext in an n-tier environment
• Adding stored procedures to the DataContext

Manipulating data with LINQ to Objects

• Sorting and filtering objects
• Aggregating object data
• Working with anonymous types

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

Building a XAML presentation layer

• Designing a UI with XAML
• Utilising common XAML controls and properties
• ComboBox
• Label
• TextBox

Generating sophisticated layouts

• Positioning controls using Canvas and Grid
• Organising controls with StackPanel and DockPanel
• Enhancing control appearance with colour and opacity
• Applying gradient brushes with style setters
• Binding controls to styles

Activating WPF applications

• Handling events
• Showing windows and dialogs
• Streamlining the UI with Model-View-ViewModel
• Binding controls to ObservableCollection
• Deploying with ClickOnce

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)

Programming distributed applications with WCF

• Defining and implementing WCF interfaces
• Configuring binary and HTTP channels
• Serialising business entities for WCF
• Controlling WCF behaviours

Consuming WCF services

• Setting a service reference
• Configuring WCF clients
• Building WPF clients
• Managing transport and message security

Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)

Modelling business processes with WF

• Composing sequential workflow with the visual designer
• Adding and implementing Activities
• Hosting the workflow runtime

Applying logic to a workflow

• Directing program flow with IfElse and While
• Setting declarative and code conditions

Representing long-running business processes

• Designing state machine workflows
• Employing the State, EventDriven and SetState activities
• Persisting workflow with SQL Server

Integrating WF and WCF

• Leveraging System.WorkflowServices
• Passing data to the workflow with the ReceiveActivity
• Returning data from workflow

Silverlight and ASP.NET Ajax

Creating cross-platform Silverlight UIs

• Working with the UserControl object
• Converting XAML from WPF to Silverlight
• Accessing the QueryString
• Invoking JavaScript from Silverlight
• Enriching the UI with XAML animations

Combining Silverlight with WCF

• Making asynchronous calls to WCF
• Wrapping a workflow service

Enhancing the UI with ASP.NET Ajax

• Comparing Ajax with Silverlight
• Calling WCF from ASP.NET Ajax