1. Chapter 1
highlights

2. Languages
Many
Visual Basic.net C#

3. MSIL
Microsoft Intermediate Language

4. Namespace
A group of similar classes by category

5. Control
Approximately 70 Textboxes Listboxes Radio Buttons Rich Controls – Calendars, etc.

6. XML
Closing Tags
<asdf />
<asdf></asdf>
Perfect HTML

7. Objects Objects: Object Hierarchy
A thing in object oriented programming
Like a noun
Object.xxxxxxxxxx
Object Hierarchy
MyBike.MyTire.MyRadius = 15
I really test heavily on understanding objects

8. Properties Properties: A characteristic of an object Object.Property
Holds a value
Adjective or Adverb

9. Methods Methods: Object.Method(parameter, parameter)
What an object does
Verb like
Parameters are the info the Method needs
Black Box: Put info in, get info out

10. Client / Server Model
Always be aware that some of the processing is done by the server, and some by your client (pc, browser).
Know which processing is being done by each

11. Viewstate
May be turned off
Holds all the info from forms

12. Partial Classes
Classes may be made up of codebehind and presentation pages combined
Codebehind page
Presentation page
“Layers”
Also Data Layer

13. Autoeventwireup Allows IsPostBack and events
That way subroutines will be naturally attached to events

14. Debugging Debug = “true” Trace.warn() Step through, over, into
Hover over values