.NET for VFP Developers - Converting VFP Applications to .NET
Presenter: Mike Yeager
This event took place on Thursday, March 22, 2012.
Two Extensive Training Classes for VFP Developers - .NET Training for VFP Developers and Converting VFP Applications to .NETWHERE:   Onsite at EPS Software Offices (6605 Cypresswood
Dr. Suite 300, Spring/Houston, TX 77379) or remotely via GoToMeeting
CLASS #1: .NET Training for VFP Developers
- March 19 - 21, 2012 (Monday – Wednesday)
CLASS #2: Converting VFP Applications to .NET - March 22 & 23, 2012 (Thursday & Friday)
EPS Software will be teaching two comprehensive classes, specifically for Visual FoxPro developers who wish to utilize the latest Microsoft .NET technologies. Costs are the same for either on-site or remote access. Sessions will be taught by industry experts Mike Yeager, Thom Chichester and Joe Reynolds.
CLASS #1: .NET Training for VFP Developers
In the first three day class, attendees will leverage their existing VFP knowledge to learn an overview of Visual Studio and the .NET Platform from a VFP perspective. C# and VB.NET, WPF & Silverlight, Windows and Web applications, and much, much more. Please see the full agenda for both seminars listed below.
Only $749 for the 3-day .NET Training for VFP Developers
class - March 19 - 21. To register for the 3-day class only,
click here
CLASS #2: Converting VFP Apps to .NET
The last two day class will discuss overall strategies, planning, architecting and real world techniques for converting existing VFP applications to .NET. Attendees will also get the opportunity to discuss their projects and have their questions personally answered by experts who have real world experience with VFP, .NET and conversion projects. Please see the full agenda for both seminars listed below.
Only $599 for the 2-day Converting VFP Applications to .NET
class - March 22 & 23. To register for the 2-day class only,
click here
Or attend BOTH classes for a discounted price of $999!
To register for BOTH classes,
click here
Registration is extremely limited. For more information please e-mail
info@eps-software.com
or call Christopher at 832-717-4445 x 13.
Discounts are available for companies who have previously attended our classes - call Christopher for details. Please note that all sales are final.
Monday
Introduction to .NET and Visual Studio
9:00 – 9:20** | Introduction/Setup |
9:20 – 10:00 |
Overview of Visual Studio and the .NET Platform from a VFP Perspective
This session provides a general overview of .NET. What are the main features? How does development compare to development in VFP? Why is .NET so important? |
10:00 – 10:15 | BREAK |
10:15 – 12:00 |
The Main Languages: C# and Visual Basic
No matter what you do in .NET, you likely need to know some C# or VB.NET, or both. This part of the training will get you started. |
12:00 – 13:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
13:30 – 15:30 |
Object-Oriented Development
Object-Oriented development is second nature for many VFP developers. .NET's object model is an evolution of VFP's object model, so most people will feel right at home. But there are differences. |
15:30 – 15:45 | BREAK |
15:45 – 17:00 |
Advanced Object-Oriented Development .NET offers a lot more object-oriented features than what VFP has, and many of them are core to writing code in .NET: Interfaces, Generics, Delegates, Events, just to name a few. |
Tuesday
Data Access & the Business Tier
9:00 – 10:30 |
Databases and Data Access in .NET vs. Visual FoxPro
Data handling is one of VFP's great strengths. How does it work in .NET? This is the question this session will answer by providing an overview of SQL Server and .NET data access. We will also touch on other topics such as nHibernate and the Entity Framework. |
10:30 – 10:45 | BREAK |
10:45 – 12:00 |
Building Business Logic The logic components are the heart of every application. This session shows how to build the center-piece of every application. |
12:00 – 13:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
13:30 – 14:45 |
Quality & Testing Techniques This session covers quality control techniques such as unit testing and static analysis. |
14:45 – 15:00 | BREAK |
15:00 – 17:00 |
Creating Services Over the last few years, services have become a central part of software development. This session shows how to build a service based interface on top of the previously created business logic. |
Wednesday
User Interfaces
9:00 – 10:30 |
The Basics of Building a Windows Application
This session focuses on building a Windows app on top of the previously created business logic. This session covers WPF as well as other UI technologies. |
10:30 – 10:45 | BREAK |
10:45 – 12:00 |
The Basics of Building a Web Application
This session focuses on building an HTML based Web Application (ASP.NET Web Forms & MVC) on top of the previously created business logic. |
12:00 – 13:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
13:30 – 15:00 |
The Basics of Building a Silverlight Web and Phone Application
Silverlight is Microsoft's technology for building Rich Internet Applications (RIA) and thus a very important topic for business application developers. This session will explore the basics of Silverlight as well as take a look at how to apply this knowledge to building applications for the Windows Phone. |
15:00 – 15:15 | BREAK |
15:15 - 16:15 |
Food for Thought - Other Important Concepts
** Please note that times are approximate and meant to be flexible depending on class participation and questions. |