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ASP.NET

VIDEO 1:

How to use the BackgroundWorker Control

This video comes from the Windows Forms Controls 2005 Series. This video demonstrates how to use the new BackgroundWorker Control to easily create a multi-threaded application. (Works with all versions of Visual Studio 2005, including the Express Editions)

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VIDEO 2:

Securing your ASP.NET 2.0 Web Site with Membership and Login Controls

Your next free tutorial comes from our "Getting Started with Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition" series. In this video you discover the new membership capabilities of ASP.NET 2.0. In addition, you will learn about role-based security, and how you can use roles to control access to your web site.

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VIDEO 3:

Understanding Web Application State

In this video, you will see how to maintain state in your ASP.NET 2.0 applications.

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VIDEO 4:

Debugging and Tracing your Website

In this video, you will learn how to debug and monitor your ASP.NET 2.0 Web applications

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VIDEO 5:

Introduction to Anonymous Delegates

After reviewing How to Create and Use Regular Delegates, this video explains the concept of creating anonymous delegates, when to use them and when not to, and explains the concept of closure for retrieving the state and scope of the anonymous delegate at instantiation for use upon its invocation. (Anonymous delegates are not available in Visual Basic 8.x or earlier.)

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VIDEO 6:

Introduction to Generics

Generics allow you to create flexible data structures that are strongly typed. This video compares the System.Collections.ArrayList class versus its generic replacement, the System.Collections.Generic.List, explaining exactly why generics are the prefered way to add stability to your collections by catching situations where objects of the wrong type are being added to your collections at compile time.

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SQL

VIDEO 7:

Designing Relational Database Tables

Why are relational databases the most popular? Differentiate between primary and foreign keys. Design relational database tables and learn about normalization rules and de-normalization.

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VIDEO 8:

Understanding Security and Network Connectivity

Differentiate between database files and SQL Server processes. Explore scenarios for connecting to SQL Server Express databases, enabling and disabling user instances, login permissions, and other security precautions.

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