This two-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to develop distributed applications using Microsoft .NET Remoting.
This course will also prepare students for the Remoting related questions in Microsoft Exam 70-310: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft Exam 70-320: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework.
After completing this course, students will be able to:
• Explain different distributed application technologies • Create a remote object • Create remote objects by using configuration files • Control a remote object’s lifetime • Implement the Factory Design pattern • Call a remote object's methods asynchronously • Host a remote object in a Windows Service • Host a remote object in IIS • Deploying a Remoting Application • Monitor an application that includes remote objects • Remotely debug a remoting application • Increase the security of access to remote objects
Module 1: Introduction to Developing Distributed Applications This module introduces different distributed application technologies and how Remoting applications are developed.
Lessons • Lesson 1: Explaining the Differences Among Distributed Application Technologies • Lesson 2: Explaining How Remoting Applications Are Developed
After completing this module, students will be able to: • Provide a high-level description of .NET Remoting and how it differs from other distributed application technologies.
Module 2: Creating a Remote Object This module covers creating server activated and client activated remote objects.
Lessons • Lesson 1: Introduction to Creating a Remote Object • Lesson 2: Creating Server Activated Objects • Lesson 3: Creating Client Activated Objects • Lesson 4: Implementing the Factory Design Pattern to Create a CAO Factory
Lab: Creating a Remote Object
After completing this module, students will be able to: • Create a remote object.
Module 3: Creating a Remote Object: Advanced Techniques This module covers simplifying configuration, controlling a remote object’s lifetime and calling methods asynchronously.
Lessons • Lesson 1: Simplifying Remoting by Using Configuration Files • Lesson 2: Controlling a Remote Object’s Lifetime • Lesson 3: Calling a Remote Object’s Methods Asynchronously
Lab: Creating a Remote Object: Advanced Techniques
After completing this module, students will be able to: • Create and access a remote object by using advanced techniques.
Module 4: Hosting and Deploying a Remoting Application This module discusses the different hosting options available for objects and how to choose one for your applications.
Lessons
• Lesson 1: Choosing a Hosting Option • Lesson 2: Hosting a Remoting Application by Using a Microsoft Windows Service or IIS
Lab: Hosting and Deploying a Remoting Application
After completing this module, students will be able to: • Host and deploy a Remoting application.
Module 5: Testing a Remoting Application This module covers configuring your debug environment and monitoring/testing a Remoting based application's performance.
Lab: Monitoring and Debugging a Remoting Application
After completing this module, students will be able to: • Test a Remoting application
Module 6: Implementing Security Measures in a .NET Remoting Application This module discusses how to improve the security of a Remoting application including authentication and authorization.
Lessons • Lesson 1: Implementing Custom Authentication • Lesson 2: Implementing Authorization • Lesson 3: Introduction to Encrypting Data • Lesson 4: Configuring Security in IIS
Lab: Implementing Security Measures in a .NET Remoting Application
After completing this module, students will be able to: • Increase the security of a Remoting application
Module 7: Making Good Design Decisions This module presents Remoting best practices to help you make good design decisions for your Remoting application.
Lessons • Lesson 1: Explaining the Choices Made During Design • Lesson 2: Implementing Remoting Best Practices
Lab: Making Good Design Decisions
After completing this module, students will be able to: • Make good Remoting application design decisions
This course is designed for the experienced application developer. The developer is likely to have more than three years of development experience with at least one year of this experience with .NET. In addition, the developer might have experience using an older distributed technology such as DCOM or COM+.
Before attending this course, students must have:
• At least 3 years of development experience • At least 1 year of development experience using the .NET Framework and Microsoft Visual Studio 2002/2003 • Develop applications with either Microsoft Visual Basic .NET or Microsoft Visual C#
