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Visual Studio 2008 Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist MCTS: .NET Framework 3.5 ASP .NET Applications

The Microsoft Developer Certification for creating web based applications that run on the ASP .NET platform

Course Contents:

Stage 1: Software Programming Fundamentals

Stage 2: Programming Best Practices

Stage 3: Software Development Principles

Stage 4: Microsoft Exam 70-536 MCTS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 - Application Development Foundation

Stage 5: Microsoft Exam 70-562 MCTS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP .NET Application Development

Course Code:

VSMCF-10

Course Duration:

12 months

Typical Study Hours:

40 - 50 hours

Course Fees:

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Course Demo:

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Study Prerequisite:

Computer programming certifications or relevant industry experience.

Additional Information for Stage 1:

• Software Programming Fundamentals:
  • Getting Started
  • Designing Programs

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Additional Information for Stage 2:

• Programming Best Practices:
  • Programming Techniques and Strategies
  • General Coding Best Practices
  • Object-oriented Coding Best Practices
  • Maintaining Quality Code

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Additional Information for Stage 3:

Software Development Principles:

• Developing a User-Centred Software Design Approach
  • Introducing User-Centered Design
  • Developing an Application Using User-Centered Design
  • The Iterative Process in User-Centered Design
  • Practical Examples of User-Centered Design

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Additional Information for Stage 4:

Microsoft Exam 70-536 MCTS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 - Application Development Foundation

• Visual Basic: System Types and Collections
  • Recognise basic object-oriented programming procedures in Visual Basic
  • Identify the variables in Visual Basic
  • Create types
  • Create classes
  • Create types and classes in a given scenario
  • Recognise the interfaces in the System namespace
  • Recognise the interfaces in the System.Collections namespace
  • Use classes in the System.Collections namespace
  • Identify the classes in the System.Collections namespace
  • Identify the classes that provide the abstract base class
  • Use interfaces and classes in a given scenario
  • Create generic types
  • Create generic interfaces
  • Create generic classes
  • Create generic enumerators
  • Create generics

• Visual Basic: Serialisation and I/O
  • Serialise an object in Visual Basic
  • Distinguish between serialisation interfaces
  • Use the SerialisationInfo classes
  • Use XMLserialisation and deserialisation
  • Serialise and deserialise an object in binary format
  • Serialise and deserialise an object in SOAP format
  • Use serialisation in a given scenario
  • Use the FileStream class
  • Distinguish between the most common file handling classes in the System.IO namespace
  • Match the classes to examples of their file management tasks
  • Implement isolated storage
  • Use stream, isolated storage, and file management classes in a given scenario
  • Determine how to improve application performance using serialisation and I/O

• Visual Basic: Customised Programming
  • Integrate a COM object into .NET
  • Use data marshalling
  • Use DLL functions
  • Use System.Reflection
  • Use System.Reflection.Emit
  • Perform interoperation and reflection in a given scenario
  • Use GDI+ to draw a shape
  • Use GDI+ to display images
  • Manipulate text in an application
  • Draw and manipulate text in Visual Basic
  • Determine how to customise a Visual Basic application
  • Develop e-mail functionality in an application
  • Recognise how to configure CultureInfo
  • Recognise how to configure NumberFormatInfo
  • Recognise how to configure RegionInfo
  • Configure DateTimeFormatInfo
  • Develop e-mail capabilities in an application
  • Localise and application

• Visual Basic: Security
  • Implement evidence-based security
  • Implement role-based security
  • Implement evidence-based security in a given scenario
  • Implement role-based security in a given scenario
  • Implement file security
  • Implement authentication
  • Implement permissions using the System.Security namespace
  • Implement permissions using the System.Security.Permissions namespace in a given scenario
  • Use the command-line to implement permissions
  • Implement file and code access security permissions in a given scenario
  • Implement symmetric cryptography
  • Implement asymmetric cryptography in a given scenario
  • Use hash algorithms
  • Use the DPAPI
  • Use cryptography in a given scenario

• Visual Basic: Threading, Service Processing, and Application Domains
  • Implement threading
  • Use the WaitHandle class
  • Use the EventWaitHandle class
  • Use the ReaderWriterLock class
  • Use special classes
  • Use Thread Timers
  • Recognise the features of the ThreadState and ThreadPriority enumerations
  • Develop threads in Visual Basic
  • Create a Windows Service
  • Identify the characteristics of Windows Services
  • Install and run a Windows Service
  • Use the ServiceBase class
  • Use the ServiceController class
  • Use the ServiceInstaller class
  • Implement Windows Services in a given scenario
  • Configure application domains
  • Configure an application domain in a given scenario
  • Determine how to improve system operation using threading, service processing, and application domains

• Visual Basic: Diagnostics and Management
  • Recognise how to use configuration file and section classes
  • Recognise how to use configuration elements interfaces
  • Program custom installers for components
  • Configure .NET applications for deployment
  • Program configuration data
  • Program custom installers
  • Use event logs
  • Use system processes
  • Manage event logs and system processes
  • Determine how to manage configuration, custom installation, and system processes.
  • Debug an application
  • Trace an application
  • Describe management events
  • Retrieve system information
  • Debug an application
  • Manage system information

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Additional Information for Stage 5:

Microsoft Exam 70-562 MCTS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP .NET Application Development

• Developing Web Applications with Visual Basic 2008 and ASP.NET 3.5
  • Recognise the benefits and requirements of ASP.NET 3.5.
  • Identify the features of ASP.NET.
  • Recognise the steps for creating a basic web page.
  • Distinguish between the single-file and code-behind page models.
  • Identify the use of default objects in ASP.NET.
  • Recognise the benefits and uses of business objects.
  • Identify the role of external assemblies and how to implement them.
  • Create a basic ASP.NET web page using Visual Studio 2008.
  • Add and modify basic controls on a web page.
  • Recognise the layout, elements, and life cycle of a web site.
  • Recognise the steps for creating a web site using ASP.NET.
  • Recognise the different ways to configure a web site using ASP.NET.
  • Identify the benefits of client-side and server-side state management.
  • Identify the steps for maintaining web site user information with profile properties.
  • Recognise the steps for localising and globalising ASP.NET web pages.
  • Recognise the accessibility options in ASP.NET and identify the steps for creating an accessible web site.
  • Identify the steps for handling events.
  • Recognise the steps for using generic handlers in ASP.NET.
  • Wire controls on a web page for event handling.
  • Perform basic event handling using a generic handler.

• Creating and Consuming Server Controls with Visual Basic 2008 and ASP.NET 3.5
  • Identify the features of different types of server controls.
  • Recognise the steps for working with controls.
  • Recognise the steps for creating ASP.NET user controls.
  • Recognise ways of working with user controls.
  • Recognise the steps for dynamically loading user controls.
  • Add a server control to a web page.
  • Dynamically create and load a user control.
  • Distinguish between client and server validation.
  • Identify the steps for working with common validators and validation groups to control user input.
  • Recognise the steps for creating and testing custom web controls.
  • Recognise the steps for using a custom control and a templated control.
  • Add a prebuilt custom control to a page.
  • Validate controls on a page.
  • Identify the authentication and authorisation strategies employed by ASP.NET.
  • Recognise the steps for managing roles in ASP.NET.
  • Recognise the role of the Windows authentication provider in ASP.NET 3.5.
  • Recognise the role of the forms authentication provider in ASP.NET 3.5.
  • Recognise the benefits and steps for using login controls in ASP.NET.
  • Recognise the steps for using the CreateUserWizard, PasswordRecovery, and ChangePassword controls.
  • Identify ways of using login controls in a web application to implement security.
  • Create roles and adding users to those roles.
  • Create an ASP.NET login page.

• Data and Services Integration with Visual Basic 2008 and ASP.NET 3.5
  • Identify the capabilities of common data-bound controls in ASP.NET 3.5.
  • Identify the capabilities of data source controls in ASP.NET 3.5.
  • Recognise the code for using the ListView and DataPager controls to display a collection of data.
  • Recognise the benefits and uses of the TreeView control.
  • Recognise the steps for performing XML Data Binding in a .NET 3.5 Web Form.
  • Recognise the steps for implementing the ObjectDataSource and SqlDataSource data source controls.
  • Distinguish the three LINQ types.
  • Recognise the steps for creating and configuring a LinqDataSource control.
  • Recognise the steps for adding a control and binding it to the LinqDataSource control.
  • Create and configure a LinqDataSource control.
  • Add a control and bind it to the LinqDataSource control.
  • Recognise the basic ADO features of .NET.
  • Identify the uses, properties, and methods of the DataSet, DataReader, and DataAdapter classes.
  • Recognise the steps for inserting, updating, and deleting data with ADO.NET.
  • Recognise the support for web services in ASP.NET.
  • Identify the code for calling a Windows Communication Foundation service from a web page.
  • Update information from a relational database with ADO.NET.
  • Call a WCF service from a web page.

• ASP.NET AJAX and Client-Side Scripting with Visual Basic 2008 and ASP.NET 3.5
  • Identify the benefits of using AJAX
  • Distinguish between AJAXs client-side and server-side functionalities
  • Recognise the features of AJAX integration with Visual Studio
  • Identify the uses of AJAX server-side controls
  • Identify the code for creating a web site with ScriptManager, ScriptManagerProxy, and Timer server-side controls
  • Identify the code for creating a web site with UpdatePanel and UpdateProgress server-side controls
  • Add the ScriptManager AJAX control to a web page
  • Add the UpdatePanel AJAX control to a web page
  • Recognise the general steps for creating a custom client script by using the Microsoft AJAX Library
  • Recognise the uses of JSON in an AJAX-enabled application
  • Recognise the steps for using client-side scripting to handle an event raised by an ASP.NET AJAX component
  • Identify the steps for creating custom client events
  • Recognise how client-side scripting is handled in ASP.NET 3.5
  • Identify the steps for creating and consuming services from client-side scripts
  • Use client side scripting to handle an event raised by an ASP.NET AJAX component
  • Create a custom client event

• ASP.NET AJAX and Client-Side Scripting with Visual Basic 2008 and ASP.NET 3.5
  • Identify the benefits of using AJAX
  • Distinguish between AJAXs client-side and server-side functionalities
  • Recognise the features of AJAX integration with Visual Studio
  • Identify the uses of AJAX server-side controls
  • Identify the code for creating a web site with ScriptManager, ScriptManagerProxy, and Timer server-side controls
  • Identify the code for creating a web site with UpdatePanel and UpdateProgress server-side controls
  • Add the ScriptManager AJAX control to a web page
  • Add the UpdatePanel AJAX control to a web page
  • Recognise the general steps for creating a custom client script by using the Microsoft AJAX Library
  • Recognise the uses of JSON in an AJAX-enabled application
  • Recognise the steps for using client-side scripting to handle an event raised by an ASP.NET AJAX component
  • Identify the steps for creating custom client events
  • Recognise how client-side scripting is handled in ASP.NET 3.5
  • Identify the steps for creating and consuming services from client-side scripts
  • Use client side scripting to handle an event raised by an ASP.NET AJAX component
  • Create a custom client event

• Configuring and Deploying Web Application with Visual Basic 2008 and ASP.NET 3.5
  • Recognise the configuration types, tools, and elements in ASP.NET 3.5
  • Recognise the steps for setting common configuration items for web applications
  • Recognise the steps for configuring session state for a web application
  • Recognise the benefits of the Provider Model in ASP.NET 3.5
  • Recognise the steps for setting up the Provider to work with SQL Server for all systems or just a single system
  • Recognise the code for defining the membership and role providers
  • Identify the uses and configuration options for the personalisation, site maps, session state, and web event providers
  • Configure session state to use InProc
  • Configure session state to use StateServer
  • Configure session state to use SQLServer
  • Identify the benefits of compilation and the tools used to compile web applications
  • Identify the steps for performing a precompilation for deployment from the command line
  • Identify the necessary preparatory steps and available options when deploying a web application
  • Recognise the steps for copying a web site
  • Recognise the steps for deploying a precompiled web application
  • Identify the steps for building an installer program to deploy a web site
  • Precompile a web application
  • Publish a web site

• Configuring and Deploying Web Application with Visual Basic 2008 and ASP.NET 3.5
  • Recognise the configuration types, tools, and elements in ASP.NET 3.5
  • Recognise the steps for setting common configuration items for web applications
  • Recognise the steps for configuring session state for a web application
  • Recognise the benefits of the Provider Model in ASP.NET 3.5
  • Recognise the steps for setting up the Provider to work with SQL Server for all systems or just a single system
  • Recognise the code for defining the membership and role providers
  • Identify the uses and configuration options for the personalisation, site maps, session state, and web event providers
  • Configure session state to use InProc
  • Configure session state to use StateServer
  • Configure session state to use SQLServer
  • Identify the benefits of compilation and the tools used to compile web applications
  • Identify the steps for performing a precompilation for deployment from the command line
  • Identify the necessary preparatory steps and available options when deploying a web application
  • Recognise the steps for copying a web site
  • Recognise the steps for deploying a precompiled web application
  • Identify the steps for building an installer program to deploy a web site
  • Precompile a web application
  • Publish a web site

• Optimisation and Customisation with Visual Basic 2008 and ASP.NET 3.5
  • Identify the steps for creating and configuring a master page
  • Identify the steps for binding content and master pages
  • Identify the steps for adding a property to a master page
  • Identify the steps for creating nested master pages
  • Create a theme
  • Recognise the steps for applying a theme
  • Create a content page that uses a master page
  • Apply a theme to a site and an individual page
  • Use a skin on a control
  • Recognise the steps for creating a Web Parts page
  • Recognise the steps for adding and customising WebPartZone controls
  • Recognise the code for connecting Web Parts on an ASP.NET page
  • Recognise the code for creating a custom user control that allows for personalisation
  • Recognise the code for creating a custom Web Part control
  • Recognise the steps for adding a CatalogPart control
  • Create a Web Parts page
  • Create a custom user control that allows for personalisation
  • Enable users to personalise Web Parts controls

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