AVR
for .NET Beginning/Intermediate Web class
Class
overview
This 5-day curriculum provides a solid overview of ASNA’s Visual RPG and how it is used to create Web
applications. This curriculum assumes:
- A general knowledge of RPG
and/or VB
- A general knowledge of
Web-based development
AVR
for .NET introduction – day 1
This section is intended to give a beginning a broad
overview of ASNA’s Visual RPG. It introduces
the development environment and ANSA’s RPG, as
well as providing an overview of ASNA’s basic
database access concepts.
- Visual Studio and AVR for .NET
refresher course
- Understanding server-side
controls
- Understanding AVR’s database access
- The datagrid
and the memory file: a brief introduction
Creating
an update panel and updating data – day 2
This section teaches many core
AVR for .NET concepts as they relate to Web development. Day 2's primary focus
is how to get data from the selection panel created on Day 1 and use it to
update a record.
- Moving from page to page
- Using validator
controls
- More ways to preserve state
- Updating data
Web
development: more sophisticated updating – day 3
This section drills into more real-world Web app
details--building on the work done on Day 2. This day discusses concurrency
protection, using drop down lists effectively, and adds more sophisticated
error handling:
- Validating input data
- Using drop down lists
effectively
- Managing multi-user for
concurrency
- Error handling
- Using cookies
Using
authentication – day 4
Day 4 continues to build on the class exercise. It adds more
real-world error handling and server other important features.
- User authenticaton
- Writing to the Windows event
log
- Sending email
Web
development in 5th gear – day 5
Day 5 covers additional advanced concepts and summarizes the
week. Time is left in this day for review of other concepts covered during the
week.
- Debugging and tracing
- Deployment
- Building a simple Web service
- Review of the week
AVR
for .NET Windows beginning/intermediate class curriculum
This class is ASNA's 5-day
beginner/intermediate AVR for .NET class for Windows development. A basic
knowledge of RPG and/or VB is assumed--however, no previous .NET experienced is
assumed.
The seminar starts promptly at 8:30 am on the first day
and ends between 4:30 and 5:00 pm each day. Dress is casual so bring jeans,
shorts and t-shirts if you like.
Monday
- AVR for .NET introduction
Day 1 is intended to deliver a broad overview of ASNA's Visual RPG for .NET as well as Microsoft Visual
Studio .NET. The first program written will be a windows application connecting
to a database and filling datasets and the windows data grid.
- Getting to know ASNA's Visual RPG for .NET syntax
- Getting to know Microsoft's
Visual Studio .NET development environment
- Understanding ASNA's database access model
- Understanding AVR's RPG syntax
- Introduction to array handling
- Using ASNA's
range operation codes
Tuesday
- A more extensive Windows example
Day 2 continues a focus on windows application development
by expanding Day 1's example. In addition, This day
introduces the concepts of multiple form management and communication between
them. The example will also introduce ASNA's range
operation codes and how get the best performance out of an application.
- Populating datasets
- Learning about ASNA's MemoryFile and its
role in creating datasets
- Populating the windows datagrid
- Adding multiple forms to
windows applications
- Introduction to creating
windows applications
Wednesday
- Thinking in .NET
Day 3 introduces the basics of how you might architect a
real-world Windows program. This day covers how to declare and instance
classes, what value types and reference types are, and introduction into the
basics of object-oriented programming.
- Introduction to class based,
object oriented programming
- Understanding multiple form
management and communication
- Learn performance enhancement
techniques
- Beginning debugging
Thursday
- .NET under the covers
Day 4 further explores AVR and .NET's
capabilities. Attendees will learn how to harness the power of the .NET
framework for things such as date and string manipulation, sending e-mail and
working with windows files and folders. A more in-depth look at working with
arrays, printing and working with graphs will also be covered. In addition,
attendees will learn how to further leverage programs on the 400 in AVR for
.NET by calling them, passing and receiving parameters.
- Working with the .NET
framework
- Date and string manipulation
- Creating graphs
- Creating print files
- Calling 400 programs
Friday
- Deployment, DB management and other bits and bobs
The morning of Day 5 is dedicated to an in-depth
exploration of ASNA's DataGate
database access technology and deploying windows and web applications.
Attendees will learn how to manage databases and files using the management
interface utility that comes with Datagate. A brief
overview of Microsoft SQL will also be introduced and how Datagate
communicates with it. In addition, an application will be created to discover
facilitating user login and dynamic database overrides at runtime. A step by
step discussion will also take attendees through the ins and outs of the .NET
deployment model for both windows and web applications. In the afternoon, an
introduction to creating DLL's and their use as reusable code modules will be
done by creating applications that both create and consume them. Finally,
attendees will learn about .NET web services by creating and consuming there
own.
- Managing 400 and Microsoft SQL
databases
- Creating and moving files from
one database to another
- Database Overrides
- Deploying Windows applications