This week I began a 6 part series of webcasts for a course I created for my employer, titled "Building Effective Web Applications with ASP .Net 3.5". Each session lasts two hours. Week 1 we focused on laying out the course and how to get started with ASP .Net 3.5.

Here are the course objectives:

• Become familiar with new features in ASP .Net 3.5
• Build database driven apps using LINQ
• Leverage ASP .Net AJAX on both the client and server side
• Learn about state management and caching
• Secure your ASP .Net websites
• Create an end to end web app

Week 1's agenda presented the following topics:

• Tools We Will Use
• ASP .Net 3.5 Overview
• Project Setup/Configuration
• WebForms Overview
• Server Controls
• User Controls
• Master Pages
• Debugging and Tracing
• New Features in ASP .Net 3.5

My slide deck can be downloaded here:

Let me know what you think!