ASP For Developers

ASP For Developers

5 Sessions –
15 Hours of Interactive Training

LearnKey’s ASP for Developers course teaches client and server-side scripting using both VBScript and JavaScript. Expert Paul Litwin teaches you how to code Active Server Pages (ASP) and work with the ASP object model. Learn how to work with the HTML Document Object Model (DOM), Dynamic HTML (DHTML), and CSS style sheets. At the conclusion of this course, you’ll be confident working with ASP and be able to build practical ASP solutions.

Prerequisites: A basic understanding of web technologies and HTML is helpful.

Benefits

Increase your earning potential with technical mastery and proficiency.

Enhance employment opportunities with in-demand web development knowledge.

LearnKey courses let you move along at your own pace and gain new skills in a useful, productive manner.

About The Author

Paul Litwin is a Senior Consultant with MCW Technologies, specializing in application development employing SQL Server, Active Server Pages, HTML and related technologies. Paul has written numerous articles and authored several industry publications. He speaks regularly at national in international industry conferences and has taught IT professionals nationwide to create applications using ASP, Microsoft Access, Visual Basic, Visual InterDev, and SQL Server. Paul is an accomplished speaker and trainer and currently holds MCSD and MCP certifications.

Session 1

Section A: Beyond Static HTML
· Objective
· Client Extensions
· Server Extensions

Section B: Visual Basic, Scripting Edition
· VBScript
· VBScript Example
· Page Review

Section C: VBScript Essentials
· Statements/Lines
· Variables
· Comments
· Case Sensitivity
· Expressions/Operators
· Other Operators

Section D: Using Procedures
· Procedure Types
· Subroutines
· Parameters
· Functions
· Functions with Parameters

Section E: Script Placement
· Script Types
· Multiple Scripts
· View Source Code

Section F: Variables & Constants
· Variable Basics
· Convert Data
· CDbl Function
· Implicit Declaration
· Option Explicit
· Constant Basics
· MsgBox Statements
· Scope

Section G: Controlling the Flow
· If…Then
· If…Then Example
· Select Case
· Do…Loop
· Exit Do
· For…Next

Section H: Understanding Arrays
· Array Basics
· Array Example
· Randomize
· Built-in Functions

Session 2

Section A: Introduction to JavaScript
· Objectives
· JavaScript Basics
· View Source Code
· Netscape Navigator
· Summary

Section B: JavaScript Essentials
· Statements/Lines
· Variables
· Comments
· Case Sensitivity
· Expressions/Operators
· Other Operators

Section C: Functions
· Creating Functions
· View Source Code
· Function Parameters
· Built-in Components

Section D: Script Placement
· Scripts Types
· Multiple Scripts
· View Source Codes

Section E: Variables
· Variable Basics
· Convert Data
· ParseFloat
· Implicit vs. Explicit
· View Error
· Variable Scope

Section F: Controlling the Flow
· If Statement
· Switch Statement
· While Loop
· View Source Code
· Do Loop
· For Loop

Section G: JavaScript Objects
· Object Types
· Manipulating Objects
· Number Object
· Math Object
· String Object
· Arrays

Session 3

Section A: Document Object Model
· Objectives
· Terminology
· Object Model Basics
· Model Hierarchy
· Referencing Objects

Section B: Form Validation
· Validation Basics
· VBScript Validation
· View Code
· Len Function
· JavaScript Validation
· Object Variables
· Variable Example

Section C: Hooking Object Events
· Binding Methods
· View Binding Code
· JavaScript Example

Section D: Improved Form Validation
· Problem
· Solution
· Submit Control
· VBScript Changes
· JavaScript Changes

Section E: Scripting Select Controls
· Extracting Values
· List Box Example
· JavaScript Example
· VBScript vs. JavaScript

Section F: Web Page Components
· Java Applets
· ActiveX Controls
· Applets vs. Controls

Section G: Working with Java Applets
· <APPLET> Tag
· Create Tag
· Test Applet
· Web Page Editors
· Using Methods
· Applet Code
· Form Code

Section H: Employing ActiveX
· <OBJECT> Tag
· Control ClassId
· Visual InterDev
· FrontPage 2000
· ActiveX Control Pad
· Scripting ActiveX
· ActiveX Example

Session 4

Section A: Cascading Style Sheets
· Objectives
· Style Properties
· Style Types
· In-line Style
· Global Style
· Adding Selectors
· <SPAN>, <DIV>
· Linked Style

Section B: Dynamic HTML
· MS vs. Netscape
· DHTML Object Model
· Dynamic Styles
· Hovering Around
· VBScript Code
· Graceful Degradation
· Event Bubbling/Object

Section C: Dynamic HTML Continued
· Dynamic Classes
· Expanding/Contracting
· DoExpand Code
· Degradation Code
· Dynamic Contents
· Option Summary

Section D: DHTML Filters
· Using Filters
· Filter Effects

Section E: Positioning & Animation
· Page Elements
· Relative/Absolute
· Animating HTML
· Animating Hyperlinks
· Start Timer Code
· Animation Code
· Filter Code

ASP For Developers continued

Session 5

Section A: Client vs. Server Extensions
· Objectives
· Client-side Extensions
· Server-side Extensions
· Client-side Problem

Section B: Active Server Pages
· Static HTML
· ASP Process
· Getting ASP
· Web Server Setup
· Web Manager
· Add New Directory

Section C: Server-side Scripting
· ASP Script Tags
· Browse a Page
· Server-side Scripts
· ASP Features
· getRandomNote Function

Section D: Server-side Scripting Continued
· Alter Language
· <SCRIPT> Tag
· Option Explicit
· ASP Objects
· Server-side Includes

Section E: Request/Response Objects
· Objectives
· Request Collections
· Request.Form
· Request.QueryString
· ServerVariables

Section F: Request/Response Objects Continued
· Response Properties
· Response Methods
· Response.Write
· Read/Write Cookies
· Test Cookies
· View Cookie Code
· Losing Your Cookies

Section G: Application/Session Objects
· Application Basics
· Session Basics
· Properties & Methods
· Test Session Object
· Session Issues

Section H: Application/Session Objects Continued
· Using Global.asa
· Create a Procedure
· Test Page
· Forcing Users
· Redirect a User