Add and configure server controls for a Web application.
• HTML Controls and Web Server Controls
• Types of Web Server Controls
• Working with Web Server Controls
• The ASP.NET 2.0 Page Postback Model
• Building Graphical User Interfaces with HTML Controls
• Building Graphical User Interfaces with Web Server Controls
• Programming Web Server Controls and Working with Postbacks

Use master pages to establish a common layout for a Web application.
• Master Pages
• Content Pages
• Nested Master Pages
• Adding and Configuring Content Pages

Manage state data for a Web application.
• ViewState Properties and ControlState Data
• Application and Session Objects
• Strategies for Managing Session State Data
• The Cache Object
• Configuring ViewState Properties for Web Server Controls
• Storing and Retrieving Application and Session State
• Implementing Out-of-Process Session State
• Storing and Managing State Data in the Cache Object

Access and display data in a Web application.
• Database Connections and the Web.Config File
• Relational Data and Data Source Controls
• XML Data and Data Source Controls
• Object Data and Data Source Controls
• Creating and Retrieving Database Connections
• Accessing Data by Using SqlDataSource Controls and Data Controls
• Accessing Objects as Data with ObjectDataSource Controls
• Accessing XML Data by Using XmlDataSource Controls

Control access to a Web application.
• Authentication for Web Applications
• Authorization for Web Applications
• Site Membership Systems Using the Membership Class
• Web Site Security Administration Using the Roles Class

Deploying a Web Application
• The Copy Web Site Utility
• The Publish Web Site Utility
• Windows Installer Setup Packages

Making Web Applications Available to Mobile Devices
• Device Emulators for Mobile Web Forms
• Mobile Device Detection and Redirection
• Mobile Web Forms
• Device-Specific Features in Mobile Web Forms

Build dynamic Web applications.
• Dynamic Control Creation
• Localization and Globalization
• Dynamic Master Pages
• Dynamic Web Configuration

Create controls for Web applications.
• User Controls
• Custom Web Server Controls
• Composite Web Server Controls
• Templated Controls

Optimize Web applications.
• The Page Scripting Object Model
• Tracing and Instrumentation in Web Applications
• ASP.NET 2.0 Caching Techniques
• Asynchronous Processing in Web Applications
• Web Farm Development Considerations

Implementing Personalization and Themes in Web Applications
• Configuring Personalization
• Implementing Personalization Functionality
• Adding Themes to the Web Application
• Implementing Personalized Themes

Connect to databases and read data.
• ADO.NET
• The Process for Connecting to a Database and Reading Data
• Connection Pooling
• Connecting to a Database
• Saving a Connection String Securely in an Application Configuration File
• Retrieving Data from a Database
• Handling Connection Events and Exceptions
• Configuring and Using Connection Pooling (if time permits)

Query and update databases by using commands.
• ADO.NET Commands, The Process for Passing Parameters into Commands

Perform transactional operations.
• Transaction, The Process for Managing Local Transactions
• The Process for Managing Distributed Transactions
• Isolation Levels

Perform disconnected operations programmatically.
• Creating a DataSet Programmatically
• Populating and Saving a DataSet
• Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Data in a DataSet
• Merging DataSets, Creating and Using DataViews (if time permits)

Perform disconnected operations by using Visual Studio 2005 wizards.
• Comparing Untyped DataSets with Typed DataSets
• Table Adapters, Creating a Typed DataSet by Using Visual Studio 2005 Wizards

Perform XML operations on disconnected data.
• Saving a DataSet as XML Data, Loading a DataSet from XML
• Saving and Loading DataSet Schema Information

Read and write XML data.
• The Process for Serially Reading XML Data
• The Process for Serially Writing XML Data

Process XML data by using the Document Object Model DOM.
• DOM, DOM Trees, Types of XML Nodes in a DOM Tree

Minimize and handle database operation conflicts.
• Data Conflicts Arise
• Isolation Levels Available in SQL Server 2005
• Guidelines for Using SQL Server 2005 Isolation Levels

Handle large objects.
• Binary Large Objects and Character Large Objects
• The Process for Reading Large Objects from a Database
• The Process for Writing Large Objects to a Database

Enhance database performance.
• Accessing Multiple Result Sets Concurrently
• Performing Asynchronous Data Access Operations
• Performing a Batch Update
• Performing a Bulk Data Copy

Create managed code objects for SQL Server 2005.
• Creating Managed Stored Procedures and Triggers
• Creating Managed User-Defined Functions
• Creating a Managed Aggregate
• Creating a Managed User-Defined Type
• Importing Existing Assemblies into SQL Server 2005 (if time permits)

Query XML by using XPath.
• The XPath Data Model
• The Process for Selecting and Editing XML Data by Using XPathNavigator
• The Process for Evaluating XPath Expressions by Using XPathNavigator

Transform XML by using XSLT style sheets.
• XSLT
• The Process for Executing an XSLT Style Sheet
• Extension Objects