Introducing the Visual Studio .NET Lab Series

Visual Studio Team
Microsoft Corporation

August 2001

Summary: This article introduces the Experience Visual Studio .NET lab module and discusses the hardware and software requirements to run it.

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Contents

Introduction
Setup
Additional Resources

Introduction

The hands-on labs that comprise the Experience Visual Studio .NET module highlight the programming features within Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. You will be introduced to C#, ASP.NET and Visual Basic .NET in a variety of ways: you will look at, run, and debug code using the Visual Studio .NET Integrated Development Environment (IDE). You will take an application in Microsoft® Visual Basic® 6.0 and migrate it to Visual Basic .NET, and then extend it with additional Visual Basic .NET programming concepts. When you finish these exercises, you will be able to identify the key new features of Visual Studio .NET and the programming elements within.

The hands-on labs that comprise the Experience Visual Studio .NET module include:

Lab 1: Hello World

Lab 2: XML Comments

Lab 3: ASP vs. ASP.NET

Lab 4: Server Controls Walkthrough

Lab 5: Using the Visual Basic Upgrade Wizard

Lab 6: Building a Browser-Based Application

Lab 7: Inheritance and Override

Setup

Here is what needs to be installed on your machine in order for the lab to work.

Minimum Hardware Requirements

• Processor: Pentium III 650Mhz
• Memory: 256mb
• Disk Space: 6GB

Software Required Before Demo Installation

• Microsoft Windows® 2000 Advanced Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 SP5
• Microsoft SQL™ Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft Office XP Professional with Microsoft FrontPage
• Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (Enterprise Edition)

Demo Machine Setup

• To set up the hardware:
  • Set up the hardware according to the manufacturer's instructions. (Refer to the Minimum Hardware Requirements section.)
• Create a basic install of Windows 2000 Advanced Server:
  • Select to create or convert to a NTFS partition during setup.
  • Reboot the PC once installation is completed.
• To configure FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions:
  1. Open Control Panel.
  2. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
  3. Double-click Internet Information Services (IIS).
  4. Select FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Click Next.
  7. Click Finish.
  8. Click Close.
• Install Windows 2000 Advanced Server Service Pack 1.
• Install SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition:
  • Walk through the SQL setup accepting all defaults except for the Authentication Mode page, which should be changed to Mixed Mode. Use a strong password — a password that is at least seven characters long; contains a combination of letters, numbers, and symbol characters within the password; and is not a dictionary word, command name, person's name, or system user name — for the sa login.
• Install Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition:
  • Perform a default installation. Install everything except Microsoft FoxPro, InterDev, and Visual Source Safe.
• Install Visual Studio 6.0 SP5.
• Install Microsoft Office XP Professional with FrontPage:
  • Perform a complete install of Office XP.
• Install Visual Studio .NET.
• Install .NET Framework SDK Samples and QuickStart Tutorials:
  1. Click Start, click Programs, click Microsoft .NET Framework SDK, click Samples, and then click QuickStart Tutorials.

     Follow the instructions and step through all installation steps as specified.

• Install the Lab files:
  1. Install HOLT1-01 Experience Visual Studio .NET.MSI.

     Execute Setup.vbs.

Additional Resources

• MSDN events online
• TechNet events online
• Visual Studio .NET online