• C# and .NET Framework Programming
• ADO.NET Database Application Development
• Developing Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications Using Visual Studio .NET

1.C# and .NET Framework Programming

• List the major elements of the .NET Framework and explain how C# fits into the .NET Platform.
• Analyze the basic structure of a C# application and be able to document, debug, compile, and run a simple application.
• Create, name, and assign values to variables.
• Use common statements to implement flow control, looping, and exception handling.
• Create methods (functions and subroutines) that can return values and take parameters.
• Create, initialize, and use arrays.
• Explain the basic concepts and terminology of object-oriented programming.
• Use common objects and reference types.
• Create, initialize, and destroy objects in a C# application.
• Build new C# classes from existing classes.
• Create self-contained classes and frameworks in a C# application.
• Define operators, use delegates, and add event specifications.
• Implement properties and indexers.
• Use predefined and custom attributes.

2. ADO.NET Database Application Development

• Describe data-centric applications, ADO.NET architecture, and ADO.NET and XML.
• Connect to SQL Server and other data sources.
• Perform connected database operations including executing SELECT commands, database definition commands, dynamic SQL commands, and commands that return data from a SQL Server database in XML.
• Build a DataSet schema, populate it with data, and modify the data programmatically.
• Build a DataSet from an existing data source.
• Use XML techniques while working with DataSets, including mapping tables and columns, creating XSD schemas, building strongly typed DataSets, and interacting with XMLDataDocuments.
• Build a Web service that uses ADO.NET to query and update a data source.
• Troubleshoot errors within an ADO.NET application.

3. Developing Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications Using Visual Studio .NET

• Explain the Microsoft .NET Framework and ASP.NET
• Create a component in Visual Basic .NET or C#.
• Create an ASP.NET Web application project by using Visual Studio .NET.
• Add server controls to an ASP.NET Web Form.
• Create and populate ASP.NET Web Forms.
• Add functionality to server controls that are on an ASP.NET Web Form.
• Use the Trace and Debug objects that are provided with Visual Studio .NET.
• Use validation controls to validate user input.
• Create a user control.
• Access data by using the built-in data access tools that are available in Visual Studio .NET.
• Use Microsoft ADO.NET to access data in an ASP.NET Web application.
• Accomplish complex data access tasks from an ASP.NET Web application.
• Access Extensible Markup Language (XML) data and read it into a DataSet.
• Call an XML Web service from an ASP.NET Web application and incorporate the returned data into a Web application.
• Store application and session data by using a variety of methods.
• Configure and deploy an ASP.NET Web application.
• Secure an ASP.NET Web application by using a variety of technologies.