.NET 4.0 Training: .NET Design Patterns

Course Number: NET-920
Duration: 3 days
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.NET Design Patterns Training Overview

Accelebrate's .NET Design Patterns training class covers best practices for developing enterprise applications and a selection of popular design patterns that can be applied to achieve a maintainable, flexible, and testable architecture.

NOTE: This course can be taught in VB and/or C#.

Location and Pricing

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In addition, some courses are available as live, online classes for individuals. To see a schedule of online courses, please visit http://www.accelebrate.com/online_training/?action=categorygroup&page=microsoft.

.NET Design Patterns Training Prerequisites

Prior exerience developing applications in .NET is required.

Hands-on/Lecture Ratio

This .NET Design Patterns training class is 70% hands-on, 30% lecture, with the longest lecture segments lasting for 20 minutes.

.NET Design Patterns Training Materials

All students receive a hands-on lab manual and a related textbook.

Software Needed on Each Student PC

Windows XP with at least 2GB RAM or Windows Vista or 7 with at least 3GB RAM
Visual Studio 2010, with the latest service packs and with SQL Server Express enabled
If you have purchased this class, please contact us for more detailed setup specifications

.NET Design Patterns Training Objectives

All attendees will:

Understand the origin and purpose of design patterns
Recognize when certain patterns can provide a benefit in your application
Learn about many popular patterns and how to apply them
Understand the differences among the Model-View-X patterns (MVC, MVP, and MVVM)
Apply design patterns within n-tier and SOA architectures

.NET Design Patterns Training Outline

Object-Oriented Techniques

Inheritance
Polymorphism
Interfaces
Generics
Single Responsibility Principle (SRP)

Introduction to Design Patterns

History of Design Patterns for Software
Anatomy of a Design Pattern
Thinking About a Problem Differently
Hybrid and Derived Patterns

Providing Abstraction with the Façade Pattern

Simplifying Complex Systems
Supporting Loose Coupling
Providing Consumer Options

Object Creation and the Factory Pattern

Controlling Object Instantiation
Making Weaker Promises for Easier Maintenance
Examples in the .NET Framework
The Singleton Pattern

Handling Differences with the Adapter Pattern

Isolating an Incompatible Interface
Abstraction and Method Mapping
Providing a Bridge to the Future

Encapsulating Algorithms with the Strategy Pattern

Packaging Behaviors
The Power of .NET Delegates
Lambda Expressions

Dynamic Composition with the Decorator Pattern

When Inheritance Goes Bad
Encapsulating Object Features
Composition Behind an Interface
Providing Runtime Flexibility
Decoration with the Factory Pattern

Controlling a Workflow with the Template Method Pattern

When the Sequence Matters
Limiting the Scope of a Subclass
A Different View of Virtual Methods

Separation of Concerns

Model-View-Controller (MVC)
Model-View-Presenter (MVP)
Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)
MVX with Windows Forms Applications
MVX with WPF and Silverlight Applications
MVX with ASP.NET Web Forms Applications
MVX with ASP.NET MVC Applications

Data Persistence and the Repository Pattern

Options for Object Relational Mapping
Problems Solved by ADO.NET Entity Framework
Object Change Tracking
Evolution of POCO Support
Identity Map Pattern
Self-Tracking Entities

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

The Service Layer Pattern
Remote Façade Pattern
Data Transfer Object Pattern
Building an AJAX Service Layer

Unit Testing and Test Driven Development (TDD)

Ensuring Testability
Patterns that Help Testability
Refactoring and Bug Fixes
Analyzing Dependencies
Stable Inputs and Predictable Outputs
Mock Objects and Dependency Injection

Conclusion

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