M1905 - Building XML-Based Web Applications Microsoft Visual Studio

M1905 – Building XML-Based Web Applications Microsoft Visual Studio

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Code: M1905
Duration: Days 5
Price per delegate: £1,250 +VAT

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Course Description

This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the skills to build a Web application of moderate complexity. Such an application connects to and retrieves data from a data source, processes Extensible Markup Language (XML) data before sending it to the client, and saves updates from the client back to the database.

Target Student: This course is intended for a wide audience of experienced developers who need to learn XML to create Web applications of moderate complexity.

Prerequisites: Before attending this course, students must have:

Experience with a programming or scripting language such as Visual Basic, Visual Basic Scripting Edition, Microsoft JScript or Microsoft C#.
Experience building ASP Web applications.
Familiarity with XML and related technologies is helpful but not required.

Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Performance-Based Objectives

After completing this module, students will be able to:

List the uses and benefits of XML in a Web site
Create well-formed and valid XML documents.
Create a schema.
Use XSL to display XML data in a Web browser.
Use XSL to transform XML data into a different XML format.
Display dynamic XML data in a Web browser by using data binding and the Document Object Model.
Use ASP and ADO to read data from a data source and store it as XML
Add, delete, update data from the client using XML and save to a database on the server
Post XML data to a Web Service using SOAP and retrieve a response.

Course Content

Module 1: Overview of XML Documents

This module explains the general goals and uses for XML and presents the fundamental structure of an XML document.

Lessons

Structuring Data
Introduction to XML
Creating XML Documents
Grammars and Namespaces

After completing this module, students will be able to:

List the uses for XML on a Web site.
List advantages and disadvantages of using XML.
Describe the structure of an XML document.
Create a simple XML document.
List issues associated with designing XML documents.

Module 2: Overview of XML Technologies

This module explains how to XML and stylesheets are used to organize, transform and display data.

Lessons

XML Technologies: The Big Picture
Viewing XML with Style Sheets
Binding HTML to XML
Accessing XML Data Using the DOM
Validating XML

After completing this module, students will be able to:

List common XML technologies.
Define and apply CSS and Extensible Stylesheet Language for Transformation (XSLT) style sheets.
Define data binding and bind HTML elements to XML data.
Define the Document Object Model (DOM) and use it to access data in XML documents.
Define XML validation.
Create DTDs.

Module 3: Generating XML Data from a DatabaseLessons

Introduction to Generating XML Data
Retrieving Data Using ADO
Returning XML to the Client
Retrieving XML from SQL Server 2000

Lab : Querying a Database and Returning XML Data

Exercise 1: Creating the Basic Web Site
Exercise 2: Connecting to a Data Source and Executing a Query
Exercise 3: Navigating the ADO Recordset to Return XML to the Browser
Exercise 4: Returning More XML Details for Each Book
Exercise 5: Querying SQL Server to Return All Book Details

After completing this module, students will be able to:

List the benefits of generating XML data from a Web application.
Define ASP and ADO.
Connect to a data source and execute a query.
Return generated XML to a client from an ASP.
Convert the contents of an ADO Recordset into XML.
Query SQL Server 2000 directly for XML.

Module 4: Displaying an XML Document Using XSLT

This module describes how to write a style sheet by using XSLT and then apply it to a static XML document.

Lessons

Introduction to Transforming XML with XSLT
Creating Output Templates
Filtering and Sorting XML
Programming with XSLT Constructs
Transforming XML Structures

Lab : Displaying an XML Document Using XSLT

Exercise 1: Creating and Using a Style Sheet
Exercise 2: Creating an HTML Table in the Style Sheet
Exercise 3: Creating Hyperlinks to a Details Page for Each Book
Exercise 4: Displaying Authors on Separate Lines

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe how XSLT transforms an XML source tree into a result tree.

Write XSLT style sheet templates.

Apply style sheet templates to other nodes.

Write XPath expressions to select and filter nodes.

Sort XSLT output.

Program with XSLT language constructs.

Generate new nodes in the XML result tree.

Module 5: Embedding XML Data in HTML

This module explains how to use XML data islands. The module describes the benefits of embedding XML data in an HTML page, and then outlines how the XML data island is exposed as an ADO recordset.

Lessons

Accessing Data on the Web
Data Binding
Manipulating the Data Source

Lab : Embedding XML Data in HTML

Exercise 1: Building an XML Data Island
Exercise 2: Binding an HTML Table to an XML Data Island
Exercise 3: Binding a Nested HTML Table to Repeating XML Elements
Exercise 4: Displaying Data Using Non-Tabular Data Binding

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Define XML data islands.
Describe how to use Data Source Objects (DSO) to display XML data islands in an HTML page.
Create an XML data island in an HTML file.
Bind XML data to HTML elements.

Module 6: Manipulating XML Data on the Client Using the DOM

This module explains how to use the DOM to access, manipulate, modify, extend, and transform an XML document.

Lessons

The DOM View of XML Documents
Accessing DOM Trees
Transforming XML with XSL Programmatically

Lab : Transforming XML Data on the Client

Exercise 1: Transforming the XML Data

Lab : Manipulating XML Data on the Client

Exercise 1: Adding a <quantity> Element to the OrderItem
Exercise 2: Adding the <orderitem> Element to a Shopping Basket Data Island
Exercise 3: Detecting Existing Orders for a Book in the Shopping Basket

Lab : Displaying XML Data Using the DOM

Exercise 1: Adding the View Order Page
Exercise 2: Building an HTML String
Exercise 3: Calculating an Order Summary

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Define the Document Object Model.
Access the DOM tree and list common DOM objects.
Navigate a DOM tree.
Apply an XSLT style sheet programmatically.
Retrieve information from a DOM node.
Add, change, and remove nodes from a DOM tree.

Module 7: Posting XML Data from Client to Server

This module explains how to submit XML data from browser to Web server.

Lessons

Preparing XML Data on the Client
Posting Data to the Server
DOM Manipulation on the Server
Receiving the Response on the Client

Lab : Sending XML Packets to the Server

Exercise 1: Creating the XML Data Packet
Exercise 2: Adding the Order Details to the XML Data Packet
Exercise 3: Posting the XML Data Packet to the Web Server

Lab : Processing XML Packets at the Server

Exercise 1: Receiving the XML Data Packet at the Server
Exercise 2: Processing the XML Data Packet at the Server
Exercise 3: Sending XML Data to the Client
Exercise 4: Updating the Stock Levels

After completing this module, students will be able to:

List the benefits of using XML in client/server applications.
Use the XMLHTTP object to send data back to the server.
Convert XML into a server-side Document Object Model (DOM) tree.
Issue a response from the server to the client.
Process text and XML responses on the client.

Module 8: Validating XML Using Schemas

This module explains how to construct XML schemas and how to statically and programmatically associate them with instance documents.

Lessons

Introduction to XML Schema Validation
Creating Simple Datatypes
Creating Complex Datatypes
Creating Advanced XML Schemas

Lab : Validating XML Using Schemas

Exercise 1: Creating the Validation Environment
Exercise 2: Creating Simple Element and Attribute Declarations
Exercise 3: Creating Complex Types

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Validate an XML document.
Create simple datatypes.
Create complex datatypes.
Create advanced XML schemas.

Module 9: Introduction to SOAP and XML Web Services

This module explains how to use XML Web services. It includes an explanation of Microsoft .NET and SOAP, and shows you how to call a Web service and how to use the SOAP Toolkit 2.0.

Lessons