HTML markup is the heart of any web application and this course will teach you the fundamentals of HTML regardless of the tool you use to author it. You will learn how to properly define your HTML markup and follow the standards, how to create lists, tables, and images, and all about text elements. Along the way you will also be show what NOT to do in your HTML.

 

Security and cryptography are important to most applications. It can often be difficult to know how to correctly implement these features in your applications; especially to make the implementation be easily reusable and swappable. In this course you will learn how to use the Security Application Block to cache user credentials for future use and authorize users from various sources. You will also learn how to use the Cryptography Application Block to properly secure sensitive information.

 

 

This course covers the fundamentals of XML and is based on the XML Recommendation and the Namespaces in XML Recommendation. If covers the features and capabilities of XML using the standards it is based on and examples.

 

The Caching Application Block is part of the Microsoft Enterprise Library. This block enables you to add caching to your applications that can be configured in a variety of ways. In this course we will learn the basics of the Caching Application Block, and see how to configure it to cache data with different expiration policies. We will also see how we can store that data even when our application exits through the use of backing storage. If you are considering adding caching to your application to improve performance, but don't know where to start, this block can help you get started and understand basic caching scenarios.

 

 

 

We're in a new era of software and devices, and user expectations are rising rapidly. To meet those expectations, developers need to understand more about design concepts. Whether working alone, or with a designer, this course will help by explaining fundamental principles, concepts, and terminology, and by exposing developers to a broad range of design possibilities.

 

 

This course introduces several advanced security topics in SharePoint 2010. It first walks you through how to create a custom STS using WIF and integrate it with your SharePoint 2010 applications. Next it discusses the role of the claims augmentation provider in SharePoint 2010. Finally, it covers how to integrate Azure ACS with SharePoint 2010.

 

 

The Validation Application Block is part of the Microsoft Enterprise Library. This block makes it easy for you to add common validation to your application's classes programatically, using annotations, or via configuration. In this course, we will cover the basics of the using the block to validate entire classes quickly and easily. We will also look at ways to make validation completely configurable, as well as how to create and use custom validators. If you are constantly writing common validation code, and feel like there has to be a better way, this course will help you get there.

 

This course will help you understand the basics of why Google+ is an important platform for every business to consider. In Google+ for Business, you'll study all the basic components you need to understand to get your business going on Google's new social network, as well as tips and tricks on how you can propel your business above your competition by applying Google's new social layer into your social strategy.

The Windows 8 Metro platform redefines the way apps access and manipulate data. In this course we learn how to work with application data, that is, working data that is created and accessed by your app on a continuous basis. Traditionally, app data has been local, but Metro blurs the distinction between local and remote data by making things such as cloud storage and app-to-app integration an integral part of both the user and developer experiences. This course looks at accessing files, local and remote, as a content source for our apps; it explores app data storage and roaming as well as the settings contract; and it takes an in-depth look at app-to-app sharing through the sharing contract. Before doing so, however, it starts with a fresh look at the UI side of things, including Metro controls and data binding. After watching this course, you should feel comfortable accessing, listing, updating, roaming and sharing data in your metro apps.