Saturday Seminar Series

This course will dive into the new programming constructs in .NET 3.5, examine LINQ (Language Integrated Query) and the core APIs which represent it: LINQ over Objects, LINQ to SQL and LINQ to XML .

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Understand Implicit Typing, Extension methods
• Object Initialization Syntax, Anonymous Types
• Understand the role of Lambda Expressions
• Examine the Role and Scope of LINQ
• Building LINQ Query Expressions
• Use LINQ Over Objects
• Program with LINQ to SQL
• Program with LINQ to DataSet
• Understand the LINQ to XML Object Model
• Insert, Update and Delete XML Content

This course will dive into the WPF object model, the role (and use of) XAML as well as the WPF development tools. Attendees will investigate the WPF data binding engine, available layout managers, and the construction of styles and templates. This course also introduces the 2D, 3D, video and animation APIs exposed by the Windows Presentation object model wrapping up with an examination of XBAP (Xaml Browser Applications).

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Understand the motivation behind WPF
• Build WPF applications (XAML Free and using XAML)
• WFP object model and use of XAML
• Use of WPF developments tools
• Control content model and layout managers
• Data binding, styles, graphics
• Navigation Applications and XBAPs