Hi,
I have recently booked the 70-536 Application Development Foundation exam. On the above link it says that
"If you are a .NET 2.0 developer, you do not need to learn .NET 3.5 to pass Exam 70-536; conversely, if you are a .NET 3.5 developer, you do not need to review .NET 2.0 to pass the exam.".
How does this work? Do you choose 3.5 or 2.0 (I'm wanting it for 3.5) at the start of the exam or does it only ask questions that are pertinent to both versions of the framework?
This is an exam for 2.0, so, if you know .NET Framework 3.5 you will probably know enough to pass this exam. Frameworks 3.5 and 2.0 and quite similiar, when compared to the difference between 1.1 and 2.0
.NET 3.5 is more of an extension to 2.0 than an entire new version and as such the foundation for both is the same. There is no choice at the start as there is only one exam.
Wonder how can that can be? Quite similar is not the same as equal. Some .Net 3.0 And 2.0 where realyy not diferrent at all (just more libraries). But 3.5 added type inference, inline property initializers, LINQ and lambdas to the plataform. Do you get the IDE in the exam?
CLR Machine that's underneath both .NET 2.0 and .NET 3.5 frameworks is the same one. That's one of the reasons Course is same for both .NET Frameworks.
Hi there.
.NET 2.0 and .NET 3.0/3.5 have the same core functionality which is required for passing 70-536. Although .NET 3.0/3.5 have newer technologies such as LINQ, WPF, etc, none of those appear in the exam, so it doesn't matter if you have never used .NET 3.0/3.5, since the exam focuses on the fundamentals such as .NET types, reflection, collections, threads, etc.
I recently took the 70-536 exam (and passed) having only got a little bit of experience with newer .NET frameworks.
Cheers. Jas.