Is there any certification aimed at Asp.net MVC developers?
Either from Microsoft or any other vendor?
EDIT:
If there's not are there any plans to be?
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Too early in the day, and IMHO much of what the leaders behind asp.net-mvc would advocate is that the best certification would be to contribute to one of the associated open source projects.
I'd certainly be more impressed by someone who can show they've added useful patches to MvcContrib say, than any number of certifications.
In the meantime you could of course try and get an asp.net-mvc tag badge on SO, but again this can fail to impress for the same reason as certifications. That is, while they may indeed be a marker of someones skills, they can also be gained through some form of trickery.
dove
2009-10-13 13:08:13
Good suggestion!
Quagmire
2009-10-13 13:10:58
Indeed, I would never trust anyone who has an asp.net-mvc tag badge. Tricksters, all!
Craig Stuntz
2009-10-13 13:37:06
@Craig ;) very marxist (groucho), only got it after checking your badges. given that i can see your answers and their quality i'd put this badge above certs, as quality of someone's answers can be gauged and though by definition all answers are open book, you'd have to know where to look which is often half the battle...
dove
2009-10-13 13:51:56
+1
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Neither Vue or Prometric offer this kind of certification, as far as I know.
You can still achieve Asp .Net certification. For example:
http://www.seeklearning.co.uk/microsoft-training/mcts-asp-net-applications.asp
EDIT: Googling a bit I found the following:
It is going to be an official part of asp.net in the 4.0 release (mvc 2 will be included).
At the moment its an out of band release.
The source: http://forums.asp.net/p/1477864/3441352.aspx
Roberto Aloi
2009-10-13 13:08:56
Exactly. I know Asp.net certification is available but being certified for Asp.net doesn't give you knowledge for MVC development, does it...
Robert Koritnik
2009-10-13 13:11:24
+1
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I am sure that once ASP.NET 4.0 goes public and it will include ASP.NET MVC 2.0 final there will appear certifications that will, at least include ASP.NET MVC. However the time frame will not be short as I think..
Andrei Rinea
2009-10-13 21:15:17
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The new 4.0 ASP.Net exams contain MVC content, however it is grouped with the web forms content. Not sure i agree with it being togeather with the web forms questions at a technical level.
I can understand it being included in the MCPD exam, as there should be questions on why one way would be bettter than another given a certain scenario. But i think most developers will pick either MVC or Webforms (given their line of work) and stick with it, without becoming an expert in both.
En
2010-03-22 05:59:36