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MCPD Certification Course Contents

MCPD Exam: 70-536

TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0-Application Development Foundation

Developing applications that use system types and collections
Manage data in a .NET Framework application by using the .NET Framework 2.0 system types.
•  Value types
•  Reference types
•  Attributes
•  Generic types
•  Exception classes
•  Boxing and UnBoxing
•  TypeForwardedToAttribute Class

Manage a group of associated data in a .NET Framework application by using collections.
•  ArrayList class
•  Collection interfaces
•  Iterators
•  Hashtable class
•  CollectionBase class and ReadOnlyCollectionBase class
•  DictionaryBase class and DictionaryEntry class
•  Comparer class
•  Queue class
•  SortedList class
•  BitArray class
•  Stack class

Improve type safety and application performance in a .NET Framework application by using generic collections.
•  Collection.Generic interfaces
•  Generic Dictionary
•  Generic Comparer class and Generic EqualityComparer class
•  Generic KeyValuePair structure
•  Generic List class, Generic List.Enumerator structure, and Generic SortedList class
•  Generic Queue class and Generic Queue.Enumerator structure
•  Generic SortedDictionary class
•  Generic LinkedList
•  Generic Stack class and Generic Stack.Enumerator structure

Manage data in a .NET Framework application by using specialized collections.
•  Specialized String classes
•  Specialized Dictionary
•  Named collections
•  CollectionsUtil
•  BitVector32 structure and BitVector32.Section structure

Implement .NET Framework interfaces to cause components to comply with standard contracts.
•  IComparable interface
•  IDisposable interface
•  IConvertible interface
•  ICloneable interface
•  IEquatable interface
•  IFormattable interface

Control interactions between .NET Framework application components by using events and delegates.
•  Delegate class
•  EventArgs class
•  EventHandler delegates

Implementing service processes, threading, and application domains in a .NET Framework application
Implement, install, and control a service.
•  Inherit from ServiceBase class
•  ServiceController class and ServiceControllerPermission class
•  ServiceInstaller and ServiceProcessInstaller class
•  SessionChangeDescription structure and SessionChangeReason enumeration

Develop multithreaded .NET Framework applications.
•  Thread class
•  ThreadPool class
•  ThreadStart delegate and ParameterizedThreadStart delegate
•  Timeout class, Timer class, TimerCallback delegate, WaitCallback delegate, WaitHandle class, and WaitOrTimerCallback delegate
•  ThreadState enumeration and ThreadPriority enumeration
•  ReaderWriterLock class
•  AutoResetEvent class and ManualResetEvent class
•  IAsyncResult interface
•  EventWaitHandle class, RegisterWaitHandle class, SendOrPostCallback delegate, and IOCompletionCallback delegate
•  Interlocked class
•  ExecutionContext class, HostExecutionContext class, HostExecutionContext Manager class, and ContextCallback delegate
•  LockCookie structure, Monitor class, Mutex class, and Semaphore class

Create a unit of isolation for common language runtime in a .NET Framework application by using application domains.
•  Create an application domain.
•  Unload an application domain.
•  Configure an application domain.
•  Retrieve setup information from an application domain.
•  Load assemblies into an application domain.

Embedding configuration, diagnostic, management, and installation features into a .NET Framework application
•  Embed configuration management functionality into a .NET Framework application.
•  Manage an event log by using the System.Diagnostics namespace.
•  Manage system processes and monitor the performance of a .NET Framework application by using the diagnostics functionality of the .NET Framework 2.0.
•  Debug and trace a .NET Framework application by using the System.Diagnostics namespace.
•  Embed management information and events into a .NET Framework application.
•  Implementing serialization and input/output functionality in a .NET Framework application
•  Serialize or deserialize an object or an object graph by using runtime serialization techniques.
•  Control the serialization of an object into XML format by using the System.Xml.Serialization namespace.
•  Implement custom serialization formatting by using the Serialization Formatter classes.
•  Manage byte streams by using Stream classes.

Manage the .NET Framework application data by using Reader and Writer classes.
•  StringReader class and StringWriter class
•  TextReader class and TextWriter class
•  StreamReader class and StreamWriter class
•  BinaryReader class and BinaryWriter class
•  Compress or decompress stream information in a .NET Framework application, and improve the security of application data by using isolated storage.
•  IsolatedStorageFile class
•  IsolatedStorageFileStream class
•  DeflateStream class
•  GZipStream class

Improving the security of the .NET Framework applications by using the .NET Framework 2.0 security features
•  Implement code access security to improve the security of a .NET Framework application.
•  Implement access control by using the System.Security.AccessControl classes.
•  Implement a custom authentication scheme by using the System.Security.Authentication classes.
•  Encrypt, decrypt, and hash data by using the System.Security.Cryptography classes.
•  Control permissions for resources by using the System.Security.Permission classes.
•  Control code privileges by using System.Security.Policy classes.
•  Access and modify identity information by using the System.Security.Principal classes. 

Implementing interoperability, reflection, and mailing functionality in a .NET Framework application
•  Expose COM components to the .NET Framework and the .NET Framework components to COM.
•  Call unmanaged DLL functions in a .NET Framework application, and control the marshaling of data in a .NET Framework application.
•  Implement reflection functionality in a .NET Framework application, and create metadata, Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL), and a PE file by using the System.Reflection.Emit namespace.
•  Send electronic mail to a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server for delivery from a .NET Framework application.

Implementing globalization, drawing, and text manipulation functionality in a .NET Framework application
•  Format data based on culture information.
•  Access culture and region information in a .NET Framework application.
•  Format date and time values based on the culture.
•  Format number values based on the culture.
•  Perform culture•sensitive string comparison.
•  Build a custom culture class based on existing culture and region classes.

Enhance the user interface of a .NET Framework application by using the System.Drawing namespace.
•  Enhance the user interface of a .NET Framework application by using brushes, pens, colors, and fonts.
•  Enhance the user interface of a .NET Framework application by using graphics, images, bitmaps, and icons.
•  Enhance the user interface of a .NET Framework application by using shapes and sizes.

Enhance the text handling capabilities of a .NET Framework application, and search, modify, and control text in a .NET Framework application by using regular expressions.
•  StringBuilder class
•  Regex class
•  Match class and MatchCollection class
•  Group class and GroupCollection class
•  Encode text by using Encoding classes
•  Decode text by using Decoding classes.

MCPD Windows Applications Exam: 70-526

TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - Windows-Based Client Development

Creating a UI for a Windows Forms Application by Using Standard Controls
Add and configure a Windows Form.
• Add a Windows Form to a project at design time.
• Configure a Windows Form to control accessibility, appearance, behavior, configuration, data, design, focus, layout, style, and other functionality.

Manage control layout on a Windows Form.
• Group and arrange controls by using the Panel control, GroupBox control, TabControl control, FlowLayoutPanel control, and TableLayoutPanel control.
• Use the SplitContainer control to create dynamic container areas.

Add and configure a Windows Forms control.
• Use the integrated development environment (IDE) to add a control to a Windows Form or other container control of a project at design time.
• Add controls to a Windows Form at run time.
• Configure controls on a Windows Form at design time to optimize the UI.
• Modify control properties.
• Configure controls on a Windows Form at run time to ensure that the UI complies with best practices.
• Create and configure command controls on a Windows Form.
• Create and configure text edit controls on a Windows Form.
• Create and configure text display controls on a Windows Form.
• Use the LinkLabel control to add Web-style links to Windows Forms applications.
• Provide a list of options on a Windows Form by using a ListBox control, a ComboBox control, or a CheckedListBox control.
• Configure the layout and functionality of a Windows Form to display a list of items.
• Implement value-setting controls on a Windows Form.
• Configure a WebBrowser control.
• Add and configure date-setting controls on a Windows Form.
• Display images by using Windows Forms controls.
• Configure the NotifyIcon component.
• Create access keys for Windows Forms controls.

Create and configure menus.
• Create and configure a MenuStrip component on a Windows Form.
• Change the displayed menu structure programmatically.
• Create and configure the ContextMenuStrip component on a Windows Form.

Create event handlers for Windows Forms and controls.
• Use the Windows Forms Designer to create event handlers.
• Manage mouse and keyboard events within Windows Forms applications.
• Program a Windows Forms application to recognize modifier keys.
• Use the Windows Forms Designer to create default event handlers.
• Create event handlers at run time to respond to system or user events dynamically.
• Connect multiple events to a single event handler.
• Use the Code Editor to override methods defined in the base class.

Integrating Data in a Windows Forms Application
Implement data-bound controls.
• Use the DataGridView control to display and update the tabular data contained in a data source.
• Use a simple data-bound control to display a single data element on a Windows Form.
• Implement complex data binding to integrate data from multiple sources.
• Navigate forward and backward through records in a DataSet in Windows Forms.
• Define a data source by using a DataConnector component.
• Create data forms by using the Data Source Configuration Wizard.

Manage connections and transactions.
• Configure a connection to a database by using the Connection Wizard.
• Configure a connection to a database by using Server Explorer.
• Configure a connection to a database by using the Connection class.
• Connect to a database by using specific database Connection objects.
• Enumerate through instances of Microsoft SQL Server.
• Open an ADO.NET connection to a database.
• Close an ADO.NET connection to a database by using the Close method of the Connection object.
• Protect access to data source connection details.
• Create a connection designed for reuse in a connection pool.
• Control a connection pool by configuring ConnectionString values based on database type.
• Use the Connection events to detect database information.
• Handle exceptions when connecting to a database.
• Perform transactions by using the Transaction object.

Create, add, delete, and edit data in a connected environment.
• Retrieve data by using a DataReader object.
• Build SQL commands in Server Explorer.
• Build SQL commands in code.
• Create parameters for a Command object.
• Perform database operations by using a Command object.
• Retrieve data from a database by using a Command object.
• Perform asynchronous operations by using a Command object.
• Perform bulk copy operations.
• Store and retrieve binary large object (BLOB) data types in a database.

Create, add, delete, and edit data in a disconnected environment.
• Create a DataSet graphically.
• Create a DataSet programmatically.
• Add a DataTable to a DataSet.
• Add a relationship between tables within a DataSet.
• Navigate a relationship between tables.
• Merge DataSet contents.
• Copy DataSet contents.
• Create a typed DataSet.
• Create DataTables.
• Manage data within a DataTable.
• Create and use DataViews.
• Represent data in a DataSet by using XML.
• Use the OleDbDataAdapter object to access an ADO Recordset or Record.
• Generate DataAdapter commands automatically by using the CommandBuilder object.
• Generate DataAdapter commands programmatically.
• Populate a DataSet by using a DataAdapter.
• Update a database by using a DataAdapter.
• Resolve conflicts between a DataSet and a database by using a DataAdapter.
• Respond to changes made to data at the data source by using DataAdapter events.
• Perform batch operations by using DataAdapters.

Manage XML with the XML Document Object Model (DOM).
• Read XML data into the DOM.
• Modify an XML document by adding and removing nodes.
• Modify nodes within an XML document.
• Write data in XML format from the DOM.
• Work with nodes in the XML DOM.
• Handle DOM events.
• Modify the XML declaration.

Read, write, and validate XML by using the XmlReader class and the XmlWriter class.
• Read XML data by using the XmlReader class.
• Read all XML element and attribute content.
• Read specific element and attribute content.
• Read XML data by using the XmlTextReader class.
• Read node trees by using the XmlNodeReader class.
• Validate XML data by using the XmlValidatingReader class.
• Write XML data by using the XmlWriter class.

Implementing Printing and Reporting Functionality in a Windows Forms Application
Manage the print process by using print dialogs.
• Configure Windows Forms print options at run time.
• Change the printers attached to a user's computer in Windows Forms.
• Configure the PrintPreviewDialog control.
• Display a Print Preview window in Windows applications.
• Set page details for printing by using the PageSetupDialog component.

Construct print documents.
• Configure the PrintDocument component.
• Print a text document in a Windows Form.
• Print graphics in a Windows Form.
• Print a document by using the PrintDialog component.
• Alert users to the completion of a print job.
• Enable security for printing in Windows Forms.

Enhancing Usability
Perform drag-and-drop operations.
• Perform drag-and-drop operations within a Windows Forms application.
• Perform drag-and-drop operations between applications.
• Perform a drag-and-drop operation by using a TreeView control.

Implement globalization and localization for a Windows Forms application.
• Implement globalization and localization within a Windows Forms application.

Implement accessibility features.
• Implement accessibility features within a Windows Forms application.

Create and configure multiple-document interface (MDI) forms.
• Create MDI parent forms.
• Create MDI child forms.
• Identify the active MDI child form.
• Send data to the active MDI child form.
• Arrange MDI child forms.
• Create a window-list menu for an MDI application.

Create, configure, and customize user assistance controls and components.
• Configure the PropertyGrid component.
• Configure the ProgressBar control to indicate progress graphically.
• Display status information by using the StatusStrip control.
• Configure the ToolTip component.
• Configure the ErrorProvider component.
• Configure the HelpProvider component.
• Play system sounds and audio files by using the SoundPlayer.
• Configure the Timer component to raise an event at regular intervals.
• Enable scrolling by using the HScrollBar and VScrollBar controls.

Implement an asynchronous method.
• Implement advanced asynchronous techniques.
• Create an asynchronous method.
• Create a new process thread.

Developing Windows Forms Controls
Create a composite Windows Forms control.
• Create a composite Windows Forms control.
• Create properties, methods, and events for Windows Forms controls.
• Expose properties of constituent controls.
• Create and use custom dialog boxes in Windows Forms applications.
• Customize a control to paint and render.
• Configure a control to be invisible at run time.
• Configure a control to have a transparent background.
• Provide a Toolbox bitmap for a control.

Create a custom Windows Forms control by inheriting from the control class.
• Create a custom control by inheriting from the control class.

Create an extended control by inheriting from an existing Windows Forms control.
• Create an extended control by inheriting from an existing Windows Forms control.

Configuring and Deploying Applications
Configure the installation of a Windows Forms application by using ClickOnce technology.
• Install a Windows Forms application on a client computer by using ClickOnce deployment.
• Install a Windows Forms application from a server by using ClickOnce deployment.
• Configure the required permissions of an application by using ClickOnce deployment.

Create a Windows Forms setup application.
• Create a Windows Forms application setup project.
• Set deployment project properties.
• Configure a setup project to add icons during setup.
• Configure conditional installation based on operating system versions.
• Configure a setup project to deploy the .NET Framework.

Add functionality to a Windows Forms setup application.
• Add a custom action to a setup project.
• Add error-handling code to a setup project for custom actions.

MCPD Exam: 70-548

PRO: Designing and Developing Windows-Based Applications by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework

Envisioning and Designing an Application

Evaluate the technical feasibility of an application design concept.
•  Evaluate the proof of concept.
•  Recommend the best technologies for the features and goals of the application.
•  Weigh implementation considerations.
•  Investigate existing solutions for similar business problems.

Create a proof-of-concept prototype.
•  Evaluate the risks associated with ASP.NET 2.0 technology or implementation.
•  Validate that the proposed technology can be used in the application.
•  Demonstrate to stakeholders that the proposed solution will address their needs.

Evaluate the technical specifications for an application to ensure that the business requirements are met.
•  Translate the functional specification into developer terminology, such as pseudo code and UML diagrams.
•  Suggest component type and layer.

Evaluate the design of a database.
•  Recommend a database schema.
•  Identify the stored procedures that are required for an application.

Evaluate the logical design of an application.
•  Evaluate the logical design for performance.
•  Evaluate the logical design for maintainability.
•  Evaluate the logical design for extensibility.
•  Evaluate the logical design for scalability.
•  Evaluate the logical design for availability.
•  Evaluate the logical design for security.
•  Evaluate the logical design against use cases.
•  Evaluate the logical design for recoverability.
•  Evaluate the logical design for data integrity.

Evaluate the physical design of an application. Considerations include the design of the project structure, the number of files, the number of assemblies, and the location of these resources on the server.
•  Evaluate the physical design for performance.
•  Evaluate the physical design for maintainability.
•  Evaluate how the physical location of files affects the extensibility of the application.
•  Evaluate the physical design for scalability.
•  Evaluate the physical design for availability.
•  Evaluate the physical design for security.
•  Evaluate the physical design for recoverability.
•  Evaluate the physical design for data integrity.

Designing and Developing a User Interface
Choose an appropriate layout for the visual interface.
•  Decide the content flow across pages and user navigation
•  Identify the goal of the page and ensure the congruency and consistency of the user experience

Evaluate a strategy for implementing a common layout throughout the UI.
•  Suggest when to use style sheets, master pages, Web parts, custom controls, scripting, and user controls.
•  Suggest an applicable UI standard based on the intended client environment. Considerations include chosen operating systems, technologies, and browser types.

Choose an appropriate control based on design specifications.
•  Evaluate the type of data that must be captured or displayed.
•  Evaluate available controls. Considerations include standard .NET Framework controls and custom, internally developed, and third-party controls.
•   Evaluate how available controls are implemented in previous and ongoing projects or applications.
•   Evaluate the user demographic. Considerations include localization concerns.
•   Evaluate the user environment. Considerations include screen size and browser type and version.

Choose an appropriate data validation method at the UI layer.
•  Choose a validation method based on the data type provided.
•   Decide how to report the feedback. Considerations include callbacks, exceptions, and writing to an event log.
•   Identify the source of invalid data, cause of an invalid entry.
•   Evaluate whether invalid data can be prevented, an exception must be thrown, an exception must be logged.
•   Evaluate whether visual feedback, such as a message box or color, is required.

Choose appropriate user assistance and application status feedback techniques.
•  Design a user assistance mechanism.
•  Choose an appropriate application status feedback technique based on available control types.
•  Choose an appropriate application status feedback technique to support accessibility.
•  Design an application status feedback mechanism.

Choose an appropriate mechanism to deliver multimedia data from an application.
•  Evaluate available multimedia delivery mechanisms. Considerations include bandwidth problems, file formats, frames per second, and streaming types. Design a multimedia delivery mechanism.

Designing and Developing a Component
Establish the required characteristics of a component.
•  Decide when to create a single component or multiple components, type of object to build.

Create the high-level design of a component.
•  Establish the life cycle of a component.
•  Decide whether to use established design patterns for the component.
•  Decide whether to create a prototype for the component.
•  Document the design of a component by using pseudo code, class diagrams, sequence diagrams, activity diagrams, and state diagrams.
•  Evaluate tradeoff decisions. Considerations include security vs. performance, performance vs. maintainability, and so on.

Develop the public API of a component.
•  Decide the types of clients that can consume a component, establish the require component and constructor input.

Develop the features of a component.
•  Decide whether existing functionality can be implemented or inherited.
•  Decide how to handle unmanaged and managed resources.
•  Decide which extensibility features are required.
•  Decide whether a component must be stateful or stateless.
•  Decide whether a component must be multithreaded.
•  Decide which functions to implement in the base class, abstract class, or sealed class.

Develop an exception handling mechanism.
•  Decide when it is appropriate to raise an exception.
•  Decide how a component will handle exceptions. Considerations include catching and throwing a new exception; catching, wrapping, and throwing the wrapped exception; catching and terminating, and so on.

Develop the data access and data handling features of a component.
•  Analyze data relationships.
•  Analyze the data handling requirements of a component.

Develop a component to include profiling requirements.
•  Identify potential issues, such as resource leaks and performance gaps, by profiling a component.
•  Decide when to stop profiling on a component.
•  Decide whether to redesign a component after analyzing the profiling results.

Designing and Developing an Application Framework
Consume a reusable software component.
•  Identify a reusable software component from available components to meet the requirements.
•  Identify whether the reusable software component needs to be extended.
•  Identify whether the reusable software component needs to be wrapped.
•  Identify whether any existing functionality needs to be hidden.
•  Test the identified component that is based on the requirements.

Choose an appropriate exception handling mechanism.
•  Evaluate the current exception handling mechanism and Design a new exception handling technique.

Choose an appropriate implementation approach for the application design logic.
•  Choose an appropriate data storage mechanism, data flow structure and decision flow structure.

Choose an appropriate event logging method for the application.
•  Decide whether to log data. Considerations include policies, security, requirements, and debugging.
•  Choose a storage mechanism for logged events. database, flat file, event log, or XML file.
•  Choose a systemwide event logging method. For example, centralized logging, distributed logging, and so on.
•  Decide logging levels based on severity and priority.

Monitor specific characteristics or aspects of an application.
•  Decide whether to monitor data. Considerations include administration, auditing, and application support.
•  Decide which characteristics to monitor. For example, application performance, memory consumption, security auditing, usability metrics, and possible bugs.
•  Choose event monitoring mechanisms, such as System Monitor and logs.
•  Decide monitoring levels based on requirements.
•  Choose a systemwide monitoring method from the available monitoring mechanisms.

Evaluate the application configuration architecture.
•  Decide which configuration attributes to store, the physical storage location, configuration attributes.
•  Choose when to use ASP.NET Administrative tools.

Testing and Stabilizing an Application
Perform a code review.
Evaluate the testing strategy.
•  Create the unit testing strategy, integration testing strategy, stress testing strategy, performance testing strategy, environment specification

Design a unit test.
•  Describe the testing scenarios, requirements, condition testing, type of assertion test to conduct

Perform integration testing.
•  Determine if the component works as intended in the target environment.
•  Identify component interactions and dependencies and verify results.

Resolve a bug.
•  Investigate a reported bug, fixing the bug

Deploying and Supporting an Application
Evaluate the performance of an application that is based on the performance analysis strategy.
•  Identify performance spikes, performance trends, track page response time, login times.

Analyze the data received when monitoring an application.
•  Monitor and analyze resource usage, security aspects, track bugs, ASP.Net 2.0 Health Monitoring APIs.

Evaluate the deployment plan.
•  Identify component-level deployment dependencies, Identify scripting requirements for deployment.

Create an application flow-logic diagram.
•  Evaluate the complexity of components and complexity of interactions with other components.
•  Validate the production configuration environment. Considerations include load balancing, Web farms, and Web gardens.
•  Verify networking settings, Verify the deployment environment.