| Several all-day training events are offered free of charge. Class descriptions and outlines are listed below. |
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| North Texas Training Schedule |
| Class | Date | Location | Invitation Code |
| Windows Forms v2.0 Overview | May, 2005 | Las Colinas, TX | TBA |
| Visual Studio Team System Overview | May, 2005 | Las Colinas, TX | TBA |
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| Oklahoma Training Schedule |
| Class | Date | Location | Invitation Code |
| Visual Studio 2005 Overview | April 12, 2005 | Oklahoma City, OK (Address and Maps) | 303428 |
| ASP.NET v2.0 Overview | April 13, 2005 | Oklahoma City, OK (Address and Maps) | 303429 |
| Windows Forms v2.0 Overview | April, 2005 | Tulsa, OK | TBA |
| Visual Studio Team System Overview | April, 2005 | Tulsa, OK | TBA |
| Windows Forms v2.0 Overview | May, 2005 | Oklahoma City, OK (Address and Maps) | TBA |
| Visual Studio Team System Overview | May, 2005 | Oklahoma City, OK (Address and Maps) | TBA |
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| Arkansas Training Schedule |
| Class | Date | Location | Invitation Code |
| Visual Studio 2005 Overview | April 14, 2005 | Fayetteville, AR (Directions and Maps) | 303430 |
| ASP.NET v2.0 Overview | April 15, 2005 | Fayetteville, AR (Directions and Maps) | 303431 |
| Windows Forms v2.0 Overview | April, 2005 | Little Rock, AR | TBA |
| Visual Studio Team System Overview | April, 2005 | Little Rock, AR | TBA |
| Windows Forms v2.0 Overview | May, 2005 | Fayetteville, AR (Directions and Maps) | TBA |
| Visual Studio Team System Overview | May, 2005 | Fayetteville, AR (Directions and Maps) | TBA |
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| To register, click the Invitation Code above. You may need to supply the Invitation Code on the registration form. |
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| Class Descriptions |
| Visual Studio 2005 Overview |
During this one day training event, you will be exposed to the new benefits of Visual Studio 2005. After doing a lap around the new IDE features, you will see some enhancements in the popular VB and C# languages. As a .NET developer, you realize the power of the base class libraries; now you can learn about the capabilities of new namespaces and classes. Visual Studio 2005 provides advanced means of accessing data from relational databases as well as XML data stores that will assist you in daily activities. Lastly, applications almost always benefit from compelling user interfaces. See how Visual Studio 2005 enables developers to make exciting new interfaces with enhancements provided in Windows Forms and web development with ASP.NET.
View the tentative outline for the Visual Studio 2005 Overview training event. |
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| ASP.NET v2.0 Overview |
If you are already experienced with ASP.NET, then this one day training event will begin your entry into the new features of ASP.NET v2.0 and Visual Studio 2005. You will learn about the new simplified approach of data binding with new controls and caching. Build new cutting-edge UIs with a minimum of effort through the new features of Master Pages, Themes and Skins. Take advantage of a new API for creating, validating and managing users and roles in your solutions. Benefit from the use of Profiles to personalize applications above and beyond the use of Session State. Watch how much easier it is for your customers to navigate your applications. Finally, learn how you can provide and extend a uniform programming interface between the ASP.NET runtime and your physical data stores.
View the tentative outline for the ASP.NET v2.0 Overview training event. |
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| Programming SQL Server 2005 |
SQL Server 2005 builds on a strong tradition of reliable and dependable database technology. Now a new engine and interface takes full advantage of the .NET Framework 2.0 for programmers. During this one day training event, learn the answers to the following questions. Do you know where and how the CLR should be used with your data code? How has SQL Server 2005 expanded User Define Types and created User Defined Aggregates? What has SQL Server 2005 done with error handling, temporary results, recursion, and more enhancements to T-SQL? Why is XML support so much greater in the new version and how can it be accessed? And, will web service integration be more achievable?
View the tentative outline for the Programming SQL Server 2005 training event. |
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| Windows Forms v2.0 Overview |
During this one day training event, you will be exposed to the new benefits of Visual Studio 2005 for developing Smart Client applications. After a quick introduction to Windows Forms development, you will see some of the new user interface controls that have been added in Visual Studio 2005. In addition you will learn about the new data access methods and the new GridView control. You will also learn how Click Once will make deploying Smart Clients easier than ever. Later, you will learn about the new mobile features being added in Visual Studio 2005. The day will wrap up with a session on the new capabilities of Visual Studio Tools for Office.
View the tentative outline for the Windows Forms v2.0 Overview training event. |
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| Visual Studio Team System Overview |
During this one day training event, you will be exposed to the benefits of the new Visual Studio 2005 Team System. We will cover this new platform for managing your development lifecycle and help you understand how it can be used to add visibility and predictability to development projects. You will learn about the new project management feature of Team System as well as new graphical design tools. The new testing framework will be explored, covering unit tests as well as manual, web, and load tests. The day will wrap with a session on the new profiling tools included with Team System.
View the tentative outline for the Visual Studio Team System Overview training event. |
