The Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) Web Application uses ASP.NET Framework 2.0 technology to access data in web applications.
The certification designed for candidates or developers who are keen to develop their skills, knowledge and expertise in target specific technologies, there are different areas of specialisation in MCTS focusing on .NET Framework 2.0 foundation skills and Web based client development.
Once a candidate done their certification they can pursue their career as Web developers, Windows developers or enterprise software developers.
| 1. Exam 70-536: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - Application Development Foundation |
2. Collections and Generics |
System Types
• function of Base System Types
• System types, Value Types and Reference Types.
• Boxing and Unboxing.
• special system types
• Generics for reusability.
• Allow null values with Nullable Types.
• Exception classes.
• Modify class behavior via Attributes.
• interfaces
• comparison interfaces.
• IConvertible for type conversion.
• Support object cloning with ICloneable.
• Format data with IFormattable.
• IDisposable to release unmanaged resources.
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Collections and Generics
• Primary Collection Types
• Collections and Collection Interfaces.
• ArrayLists, Stacks, and Queues.
• Enumerators and Comparers.
• Hashtable and SortedList Key/Value collections.
• Generic Collections
• generic Lists, Stacks, and Queues.
• linked and doubly linked lists.
• generic Dictionary, SortedList, and SortedDictionary Key/Value collections.
• Specialized Collections
• type-safe specialized String collections.
• high-performance specialized dictionarys.
• specialized String-Based key collections.
• Collection Base Classes
• Create custom collections. using Collection Base classes.
• Create custom dictionaries using Dictionary Base types.
Configuration and Installation
• Assemblies
• Create Assemblies.
• Assign strong names.
• Deploy to the Global Assembly Cache.
• Install assemblies by using installer classes
• Install assemblies using the Installer, AssemblyInstaller and ComponentInstaller.
• Manage assembly installation using Installer Collection and Install Context.
• Handle installation events
• configuration classes and files
• Configuration classes to manage application settings.
• Manage configuration elements and actions.
• Create custom configuration classes.
• Configuring the .NET Framework runtime. |
| 3. Monitoring and Debugging |
4. File IO |
• Manage event logs
• Read and write to an event log.
• Manage Application Processes
• Retrieve running processes and modules.
• Retrieve information about the current process.Start and stop application processes.
• Manage Application Performance
• Debug and add application tracing
• Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 debugger for examining exceptions.
• Programmatically debug applications.
• Configure the Visual Studio 2005 debugger with debugger attributes.
• StackFrame and StackTrace classes.
• Embed Management and Instrumentation
• management classes.
• Subscribe applications to management events.
• Retrieve system resource information via WMI. |
• Manage the File System
• Streams, Stream reader and Stream writer classes to access data.
• Manipulate strings efficiently
Gobalization
• Culture Information by Using Globalization Classes
• Access Culture and Region Information using CultureInfo and RegionInfo
• Using DateTimeFormatInfo for format Dates
• Using NumberFormatInfo to format numeric values
• Comparing Information using CompareInfo
• Create a Custom Culture
• Build a Custom Culture with Culture and RegionInfoBuilder
• Primary Encoding Classes
• Using Encoding and EncodingInfo to encode characters
• Encoding using ASCII and Unicode Standards
• Advanced Encoding Classes
• Handling Failure Events with Encoder and EncoderFallback
• Handling Failure Events Using Decoder and DecoderFallback |
| 5. Delegates and Events |
6. GDI+ |
• Delegates, events
Serialization
• Serialize to Binary and SOAP
• Using the SoapFormatter
• Using the BinaryFormatter
• Serialize to XML
• Serializing objects using XmlSerializer
• Customizing serialization with serialization attributes
• Customizing serialization using IXmlSerializable
• Handling XML Serialization Events
• Create Custom Serialization Classes
• Using Serialization interfaces
• Creating custom formatters
• Handling Serialization Events
• Using ObjectManger to manage deserialized objects
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• Graphics, Brushes, Pens, Colors, and Fonts
• Manipulate Shapes and Sizes
• Images, Bitmaps, and Icons
Code Access Security
• Configure Code Access Security
• Manage Security Policy
• Manage Permissions
• Manage Access Control
• Manage User Identity Information
Cryptography
• Encrypt Data
• Hash Data
• Extend the Cryptographic Behavior
• Manage Configuration Information with Cryptography Classes |
| 7. Interoperability |
8. Service Applications and Email |
• Import a Type Library into .NET
• COM Types in Managed Code
• Compile and Deploying Interop applications
• Call Win32 API Functions
• Create Prototypes in Managed Code
• Call COM Functions from managed code
• Map exceptions to HRESULT
• How pinvoke marshals data
• Control data marshalling with Marshal and MarshalAsAttribute |
• Create a Windows service using ServiceBase
• Install a service using ServiceInstaller
• Debug a service using Microsoft Visual Studio®
• Control a service using ServiceController
• E-mail Messages
• Create a message using Mail classes
• Add Attachments to a message
• Send a Message with SmtpClient
• Handle E-mail Exceptions
• Handle the SendComplete |
| 9. Type Metadata |
10. Multithreading and AppDomains |
• Access type metadata using Assembly
• Discover type metadata using MemberInfo
• reflection to examine method contents
• Assembly Attributes, assemblies dynamically
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• Thread class
• ThreadPool Class
• Manage access to a shared resource
• signaling classes
• Manipulate Shared Memory Resources with Interlocked
• Manage callback methods
• Migrate the execution context of a thread through asynchronous calls
• SynchronizationContext |
| 11. Exam 70-528 Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - Web-Based Client Development |
12. Add and configure server controls for a Web application. |
Create a Web application.
• Visual Studio Web Site Types
• Default Event Handling in Web Applications
• Web Configuration Files
• Creating a New Web Application
• Configuring and Building a Web Application
Program a Web application.
• Event Handling in Web Applications
• Browser Capability Detection
• Page Header Retrieval
• Page-Level and Application-Level Error Handling
• Implementing Non-Default Event Handlers
• Detecting Browser Capabilities and Setting Page Header Properties
• Handling Page-Level Exceptions |
• HTML Controls and Web Server Controls
• Types of Web Server Controls
• Working with Web Server Controls
• The ASP.NET 2.0 Page Postback Model
• Building Graphical User Interfaces with HTML Controls
• Building Graphical User Interfaces with Web Server Controls
• Programming Web Server Controls and Working with Postbacks
Use master pages to establish a common layout for a Web application.
• Master Pages
• Content Pages
• Nested Master Pages
• Adding and Configuring Content Pages |
| 13. Manage state data for a Web application. |
14. Deploying a Web Application |
• ViewState Properties and ControlState Data
• Application and Session Objects
• Strategies for Managing Session State Data
• The Cache Object
• Configuring ViewState Properties for Web Server Controls
• Storing and Retrieving Application and Session State
• Implementing Out-of-Process Session State
• Storing and Managing State Data in the Cache Object
Access and display data in a Web application.
• Database Connections and the Web.Config File
• Relational Data and Data Source Controls
• XML Data and Data Source Controls
• Object Data and Data Source Controls
• Creating and Retrieving Database Connections
• Accessing Data by Using SqlDataSource Controls and Data Controls
• Accessing Objects as Data with ObjectDataSource Controls
• Accessing XML Data by Using XmlDataSource Controls
Control access to a Web application.
• Authentication for Web Applications
• Authorization for Web Applications
• Site Membership Systems Using the Membership Class
• Web Site Security Administration Using the Roles Class
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• The Copy Web Site Utility
• The Publish Web Site Utility
• Windows Installer Setup Packages
Making Web Applications Available to Mobile Devices
• Device Emulators for Mobile Web Forms
• Mobile Device Detection and Redirection
• Mobile Web Forms
• Device-Specific Features in Mobile Web Forms
Build dynamic Web applications.
• Dynamic Control Creation
• Localization and Globalization
• Dynamic Master Pages
• Dynamic Web Configuration
Create controls for Web applications.
• User Controls
• Custom Web Server Controls
• Composite Web Server Controls
• Templated Controls |
| 15. Optimize Web applications. |
16. Connect to databases and read data. |
• The Page Scripting Object Model
• Tracing and Instrumentation in Web Applications
• ASP.NET 2.0 Caching Techniques
• Asynchronous Processing in Web Applications
• Web Farm Development Considerations
Implementing Personalization and Themes in Web Applications
• Configuring Personalization
• Implementing Personalization Functionality
• Adding Themes to the Web Application
• Implementing Personalized Themes |
• ADO.NET
• The Process for Connecting to a Database and Reading Data
• Connection Pooling
• Connecting to a Database
• Saving a Connection String Securely in an Application Configuration File
• Retrieving Data from a Database
• Handling Connection Events and Exceptions
• Configuring and Using Connection Pooling (if time permits)
Query and update databases by using commands.
• ADO.NET Commands, The Process for Passing Parameters into Commands
Perform transactional operations.
• Transaction, The Process for Managing Local Transactions
• The Process for Managing Distributed Transactions
• Isolation Levels |
| 17. Perform disconnected operations programmatically. |
18. Process XML data by using the Document Object Model DOM. |
• Creating a DataSet Programmatically
• Populating and Saving a DataSet
• Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Data in a DataSet
• Merging DataSets, Creating and Using DataViews (if time permits)
Perform disconnected operations by using Visual Studio 2005 wizards.
• Comparing Untyped DataSets with Typed DataSets
• Table Adapters, Creating a Typed DataSet by Using Visual Studio 2005 Wizards
Perform XML operations on disconnected data.
• Saving a DataSet as XML Data, Loading a DataSet from XML
• Saving and Loading DataSet Schema Information
Read and write XML data.
• The Process for Serially Reading XML Data
• The Process for Serially Writing XML Data
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• DOM, DOM Trees, Types of XML Nodes in a DOM Tree
Minimize and handle database operation conflicts.
• Data Conflicts Arise
• Isolation Levels Available in SQL Server 2005
• Guidelines for Using SQL Server 2005 Isolation Levels
Handle large objects.
• Binary Large Objects and Character Large Objects
• The Process for Reading Large Objects from a Database
• The Process for Writing Large Objects to a Database |
| 19. Enhance database performance. |
20. Query XML by using XPath. |
• Accessing Multiple Result Sets Concurrently
• Performing Asynchronous Data Access Operations
• Performing a Batch Update
• Performing a Bulk Data Copy
Create managed code objects for SQL Server 2005.
• Creating Managed Stored Procedures and Triggers
• Creating Managed User-Defined Functions
• Creating a Managed Aggregate
• Creating a Managed User-Defined Type
• Importing Existing Assemblies into SQL Server 2005 (if time permits) |
• The XPath Data Model
• The Process for Selecting and Editing XML Data by Using XPathNavigator
• The Process for Evaluating XPath Expressions by Using XPathNavigator
Transform XML by using XSLT style sheets.
• XSLT
• The Process for Executing an XSLT Style Sheet
• Extension Objects |
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