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Developing Data Access Solutions with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
The Developing Data Access Solutions with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 training course is available at our Cardiff training centre in Wales, which is also within easy reach of Newport, Bristol and South Wales
Overview
In this course, experienced developers who know the basics of data access (CRUD) in Windows client and Web application environments will learn to optimize their designs and develop better performing data access code by using the ADO.NET Entity Framework, LINQ, WCF Data Services, the Sync Framework, and ADO.NET.
Examination Information
070-516 TS: Accessing Data with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 exam is designed to test the candidate's knowledge and skills on accessing data sources using ADO.NET and the .NET Framework.
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
•An understanding of the problem-solving techniques that apply to
software development, including the following principles of
software development:
•Modern software development models
•Typical phases of a software development lifecycle
•Concepts of event-driven programming
•Concepts of object-oriented programming
•Creating use-case diagrams
•Designing and building a user interface
•Developing a structured application
•A basic understanding of the following scripting techniques and
some hands-on experience writing scripts:
•Web scripting techniques
•Macro scripting techniques
•Windows scripting techniques
•A general understanding of the purpose, function, and features of
following .NET Framework topics:
•Common Language Runtime
•.NET Framework class library
•Common Type System
•Component interoperation
•Cross-language interoperability
•Assemblies in the Common Language Runtime
•Application domains
•Runtime hosts supported by the .NET Framework
•Experience using Visual Studio 2008 in the following task
areas:
•Declaring and initializing typed variables using the Camel case
naming convention
•Using arithmetic, relational, and logical operators in code
statements
•Using branching statements to control code execution
•Using looping statements to iterate through collections or repeat
steps until a specified condition is met
•Creating classes and methods to establish the basic structure of
an application
•Using methods and events to implement the programming logic of an
application
•Identifying syntax and logic errors
•Accessing and managing data from a data source
•Experience in object oriented design and development as
follows:
•Creating and accessing classes and class properties
•Creating and accessing methods and overloaded methods
•Implementing inheritance, base classes, and abstract classes
•Declaring, raising, and handling events
•Responding to and throwing exceptions
•Implementing interfaces and polymorphism
•Implementing shared and static members
•Implementing generics
•Creating components and class libraries
•Experience in N-Tier application design and development as
follows:
•Managing a software development process
•Controlling input at the user interface level in Windows client
and Web applications
•Debugging, tracing, and profiling .NET applications
•Monitoring and logging .NET applications
•Implementing basic testing best practices
•Performing basic data access tasks with LINQ
•Basics of LINQ to XML
•Basics of LINQ to Entities
•Basics of LINQ to SQL
•Implementing basic security best practices in .NET
Applications
•Basics of Code Access Security
•Basics of Role-Based Security
•Basics of Cryptography Services
•Implementing basic service calls
•Basics of creating and consuming XML Web Services
•Basics of creating and consuming WCF Services
•Using .NET Configuration Files
•Deploying .NET Framework Applications using ClickOnce and the MS
Installer
•Data access experience in Windows client application development
as follows:
•Connect to a data source
•Implement data binding
•Implement data validation at the UI layer
•Data access experience in Web application development as
follows:
•Connect to a data source
•Implement dynamic data
•Implement data validation at the UI layer
Course Outline
Module 1: Architecture and Data Access
Technologies
This module describes the commonly used data access technologies
and scenarios in which you are likely to use them.
Lessons
•Data Access Technologies
•Data Access Scenarios
Module 2: Building Entity Data Models
This module introduces the concepts of data modeling, and
in particular, Entity Data Models (EDMs). It explains how you can
use EDMs to decouple the conceptual data structure in your
applications from the logical data structure in the data store.
Lessons
•Introduction to Entity Data Models
•Modifying the Entity Data Model
•Customizing the Entity Data Model
Module 3: Querying Entity Data
This module explains how to query an entity data model by
using common methods such as LINQ to Entities, Entity SQL, and the
classes in the EntityClient namespace.
Lessons
•Retrieving Data by Using LINQ to Entities
•Retrieving Data by Using Entity SQL
•Retrieving Data by Using EntityClient Provider
•Retrieving Data by Using Stored Procedures
•Unit Testing Your Data Access Code
Module 4: Creating, Updating, and Deleting Entity
Data
This module introduces you to the ways that the Entity Framework
enables you to modify the data in your database. You apply changes
to the entities managed by the ObjectContext class. The
ObjectContext class is responsible for tracking all changes to
entities and then persisting these changes to the database on
request.
Lessons
•Understanding Change Tracking in the Entity Framework
•Modifying Data in an Entity Data Model
Module 5: Handling Multi-User Scenarios by Using Object
Services
This module introduces the concurrency model that the
Entity Framework uses to address the issues faced by applications
that must support multiple users who access the same data
simultaneously. It also describes how the Entity Framework can make
use of transactions to ensure data integrity.
Lessons
•Handling Concurrency in the Entity Framework
•Transactional Support in the Entity Framework
Module 6: Building Optimized Solutions by Using Object
Services
This module explains best practices for designing and building a
scalable, optimized data access layer by using Object Services. The
module introduces several techniques that can be used to optimize
the performance of queries that execute against the conceptual
model.
Lessons
•The Stages of Query Execution
•Change Tracking and Object Materialization
•Using Compiled Queries
•Using Design-Time Generated Entity Framework Views
•Monitoring Performance
•Performing Asynchronous Data Modifications
Module 7: Customizing Entities and Building Custom
Entity Classes
This module describes how to customize and extend entities with
your own business logic.
Lessons
•Overriding Generated Classes
•Using Templates to Customize Entities
•Creating and Using Custom Entity Classes
Lab : Customizing Entities and Building Custom Entity Classes
Module 8: Using POCO Classes with the Entity
Framework
This module introduces the ways in which you can define custom
entity classes in your Entity Framework application. By default,
Microsoft Visual Studio generates a set of entity classes for you
from the Entity Data Model (EDM). Instead of these generated
classes, you may want to use an existing set of "plain old" CLR
objects (POCO) business classes in your application You can also
extend the generated entity classes to add custom business
functionality to your entity objects.
Lessons
•Requirements for POCO Classes
•POCO Classes and Lazy Loading
•POCO Classes and Change Tracking
•Extending Entity Types
Module 9: Building an N-Tier Solution by Using the
Entity Framework
This module explains how to address the architectural issues that
can arise when building an N-Tier enterprise application by using
the Entity Framework.
Lessons
•Designing an N-Tier Solution
•Defining Operations and Implementing Data Transport
Structures
•Protecting Data and Operations
Module 10: Handling Updates in an N-Tier Solution by
Using the Entity Framework
This module describes how you can handle data modifications in an
n-tier solution. The module describes the different strategies for
handling modifications that you should use for the different
alternative formats for transporting data between tiers: data
transfer objects (DTOs), self-tracking entities (STEs), and simple
entities (SEs). The module also describes how to manage the
exceptions that can occur during the data modification process.
Lessons
•Tracking Entities and Persisting Changes
•Managing Exceptions in an N-Tier Solution
Module 11: Building Occasionally Connected
Solutions
This module describes how to access offline or occasionally
connected data in client applications.
Lessons
•Offline Data Caching by Using XML
•Using the Sync Framework
Module 12: Querying Data by Using WCF Data
Services
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Data Services enable you to
create highly flexible data services that can be used to provide
access to data across the Internet or a corporate network. You can
access these services by using REST-style URIs, and they can be
easily consumed by a wide variety of applications. As WCF Data
Services are build on top of standard Internet protocols such as
HTTP and the Atom Publishing Protocol, they are an ideal choice for
delivering data to AJAX applications and Rich Interactive
Applications built using technologies such as Microsoft
Silverlight.
Lessons
•Introduction to WCF Data Services
•Creating a WCF Data Service
•Consuming a WCF Data Service
•Protecting Data and Operations in a WCF Data Service
Module 13: Updating Data by Using WCF Data
Services
This module describes how to use WCF Data Services to create,
update, and delete data. WCF Data Services use standard internet
protocols such as HTTP and the Atom Publishing Protocol to enable
update access to data across the Internet or a corporate
network.
Lessons
•Creating, Updating, and Deleting Data in a WCF Data Service
•Preventing Unauthorized Updates and Improving Performance
•Using WCF Data Services with Nonrelational Data
Module 14: Using ADO.NET
ADO.NET is a highly flexible framework for building
applications that require access to data held in a data source.
This module introduces ADO.NET and explains how you can use it to
develop scalable, high-performance, data-driven applications.
Lessons
•Retrieving and Modifying Data by Using ADO.NET Commands
•Retrieving and Modifying Data by Using DataSets
•Managing Transactions and Concurrency in Multiuser Scenarios
Module 15: Using LINQ to SQL
ADO.NET provides a mechanism that enables you to build
applications that can query and maintain data that is held in a
variety of sources in a database-agnostic manner. However, building
applications by using ADO.NET requires that you are familiar with
the Structured Query Language (SQL) language and features of the
database management system that you are connecting to.
Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) to SQL provides a higher-level
abstraction for managing data that is held in a Microsoft SQL
Server database, and is an ideal stepping stone for migrating
ADO.NET applications toward the ADO.NET Entity Framework. This
module introduces LINQ to SQL and explains how you can use it to
abstract the low-level details of ADO.NET queries by developing
against a logical data model.
Lessons
•Implementing a Logical Data Model by Using LINQ to SQL
•Managing Performance and Handling Concurrency
Lab : Using LINQ to SQL
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