- Develop applications that use system types and collections.

- Implement service processes, threading, and application domains in a .NET Framework application.

- Embed configuration, diagnostic, management, and installation features into a .NET Framework application.

- Implement serialization and input/output functionality in a .NET Framework application.

- Understand the purpose and components of the .NET 2.0 Framework and the Common Language Runtime.

- Understand the components of typical .NET 2.0 applications.

- Understand and use .NET Framework 2.0 Common Type System (CTS) and how to use variable types including dates/times, numbers, strings, objects and arrays.

- Use basic file IO classes from the Framework such as StreamReader, StreamWriter, Directory, DirectoryInfo, File and FileInfo.

- Use basic Framework provided type conversions.

- Use basic Framework provided text conversion and manipulations including StringBuilder.

- Use classes with the System.Collections namespace.

- Use the System.Math class.

- Basic language syntax for decision structures, loop structures, declaring and using variables.

- Write code using language specific functionality such as the My. classes for Visual Basic.

- Understand classes and objects, methods, properties and functions.

- Write code to implement overridden methods.

- Understand the class hierarchy present in the .NET Framework 2.0.

- Write code to declare a class.

- Write code to create an instance of a class.

- Write code to compare if an object is equal to another object.

- Write code to dispose of an object.

- Understand the lifecycle of an object.

- Write code to handle exceptions via a try-catch block

- Write code to implement static methods and properties.

- Opening and closing solutions.

- Opening and closing projects.

- Adding projects to a solution.

- Removing projects from a solution.

- Creating new project types.

- Adding new and existing files to a project.

- Compile a project.

- Carry out basic project debugging.

- Use the object browser.

- Use the help system especially provided to help VB6.0 developers migrate to .NET.

- Understand assemblies and how they relate to deployment.

- Understand and create a deployment project.

- Be able to create deployment wizards using the Deployment Setup wizard.

- Select an appropriate deployment project based on the application.

Examining Primary System Types

Working with Special System Types

Working with Interfaces

Lab: Implementing System Types and Interfaces

- Explain the purpose of base system types.

- Implement generics, Nullable types, exception classes, and attributes.

- Implement comparison interfaces and the IConvertible, ICloneable, IFormattable, and IDisposable interfaces.

Examining Collections and Collection Interfaces

Working with Primary Collection Types

Working with Generic Collections

Working with Specialized Collections

Working with Collection Base Classes

Lab: Implementing Collections and Generics

- Describe the purpose of collections and collection interfaces.

- Implement the various classes available in the .NET Framework 2.0.

- Implement generic list types, collections, dictionary types, and linked-list types.

- Implement the specialized string and named collection classes.

- Implement collection base classes and dictionary base types.

Working with an Assembly

Sharing an Assembly by Using the Global Assembly Cache

Installing an Assembly by Using Installation Types

Configuring an Assembly by Using Configuration Type

Performing Installation Tasks

Lab: Configuring and Installing Assemblies

- Describe the purpose of an assembly and explain how to create the same.

- Share an assembly by using the global assembly cache.

- Install an assembly by using the Installer, AssemblyInstaller, ComponentInstaller, InstallerCollection, and InstallContext classes and the InstallEventHandler delegate available in the .NET Framework 2.0.

- Configure an assembly by using the Configuration, Configuration Element, Configuration Section classes and the configuration base types available in the .NET Framework 2.0.

- Perform various installation tasks related to assembly installation.

Managing an Event Log

Working with Application Processes

Managing Application Performance

Debugging Applications

Tracing Applications

Embedding Management Information and Events

Lab: Monitoring and Debugging Applications

- Describe event logs and explain how to manage them.

- Manage application processes by retrieving a list of all processes running on the current system, information about the current process, and a list of all modules used by a process, and by starting and stopping an application process.

- Monitor and customize application performance by using the Windows Performance Monitor and the performance counter classes available in the .NET Framework 2.0.

- Debug applications by using the Visual Studio 2005 Debugger, the Debugger, Debug, StackFrame and StackTrace classes, and the Debugger attributes available in the .NET Framework 2.0.

- Trace applications by using the Trace, TraceSource, Trace Switch, Trace Listener, and CorrelationManager classes available in the .NET Framework 2.0.

- Embed management information and events in the .NET Framework 2.0 applications.

Managing the File System

Working with Byte Streams

Compressing and Protecting Stream Information

Managing Application Data

Manipulating Strings Efficiently

Working with Regular Expressions

Lab: Reading and Writing Files

- Manage the file system by using the Path, File, FileInfo, Directory, DirectoryInfo, DriveInfo, and FileSystemWatcher classes.

- Work with byte streams by using the Stream, FileStream, MemoryStream, and BufferedStream classes.

- Compress and protect stream information by using the DeflateStream, GZipStream, IsolatedStorageFile, and IsolatedStorageFileStream classes.

- Manage application data by using the TextReader, TextWriter, StreamReader, StreamWriter, StringReader, StringWriter, BinaryReader, and BinaryWriter classes.

- Manipulate strings efficiently by using the StringBuilder class.

- Work with regular expressions by using the regular expression classes.

Generating Serialized Binary and Soap Formats

Generating Serialized XML Formats

Creating Custom Serialization Classes

Lab: Serializing Data

- Serialize objects into binary and SOAP formats by using the BinaryFormatter and SoapFormatter classes.

- Serialize objects into custom XML formats by using the XmlSerializer class, the IXmlSerializable interface, and the XML serialization attributes and delegates.

- Create custom serialization classes by using serialization types and interfaces, formatter classes, event handler attributes, and the ObjectManager class.

Controlling Interaction Between Components by Using Delegates

Controlling Interaction Between Components by Using Events

Lab: Implementing Delegates and Events

Control interaction between components by using the Delegate class.

Control interaction between components by using the Event statement, the EventHandler delegate, and the EventArgs class.