Resource for Microsoft beta certification exam 71-515 Web Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4

Question

I am looking for good resources to study this beta exam. Until now the best I have found is this list of post gathering links covering the topics. These are mainly MSDN documentation links and is not always ideal to face the exam.

Do you have any resource/tests to train against the corresponding 3.5 exam? is it the 70-528? Any help/advice/link appreciated!

Answer 1

If you havent done an exam before, you need to look at doing a text exam. Its not always ideal taking a beta due to the fact that the exam is in its raw state, with possible bad questions, spelling errors and incorrect answers.

Realistically, it helps if you have completed the previous version of exams because you will have an idea what to expect.

Answer 2

Hey Now,

Nice question as I've been preparing also for the exam here are some resources hopefully that will be useful for you:

The exam 71-515 is a beta for the exam 70-515. It'st he web dev for .NET 4. The web dev .NET 3.5 exam is 70=562 & here the two are compared. The skills measured for the exam are listed officially by Microsoft also here is a summary:

1 Developing Web Forms Pages (19%)

• 1.1 Configure Web Forms pages.
• 1.2 Implement master pages & themes.
• 1.3 Implement globalization.
• 1.4 Handle page life cycle events.
• 1.5 Implement caching.
• 1.6 Manage state.

2 Developing and Using Web Forms Controls (18%)

• 2.1 Validate user input.
• 2.2 Create page layout.
• 2.3 Implement user controls.
• 2.4 Implement server controls.
• 2.5 Manipulate user interface controls from code-behind.

3 Implementing Client-Side Scripting and AJAX (16%)

• 3.1 Add dynamic features to a page by using JavaScript.
• 3.2 Alter a page dynamically by manipulating the DOM.
• 3.3 Handle JavaScript events.
• 3.4 mplement ASP.NET AJAX.
• 3.5 Implement AJAX by using jQuery.

4 Configuring and Extending a Web Application (15%)

• 4.1 Configure authentication & authorization.
• 4.2 Configure providers.
• 4.3 Create and configure HttpHandlers and HttpModules.
• 4.4 Configure initialization and error handling.
• 4.5 Reference and configure ASMX and WCF services.
• 4.6 Configure projects and solutions, and reference assemblies.
• 4.7 Debug a Web application.
• 4.8 Deploy a Web application.

5 Displaying and Manipulating Data (19%)

• 5.1 Implement data-bound controls.
• 5.2 Implement DataSource controls.
• 5.3 Query and manipulate data by using LINQ.
• 5.4 Create and consume a data service.
• 5.5 Create and configure a Dynamic Data project.

6 Developing a Web Application by Using ASP.NET MVC 2 (13%)

• 6.1 Create custom routes.
• 6.2 Create controllers & actions.
• 6.3 Structure an ASP.NET MVC application.
• 6.4 Create and customize views.

Here is a list of good flix too along with a summary of them.

Also the WhitePaper & Scott Gu have some good .NET 4 content

Hope this helps provide info about the 71-515 exam, Thank you,

Catto

Answer 3

when MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-515) will be available? Any idea?