.NET 4.0 MCPD Certification

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.NET 4.0 MCPD Certification

My employer recently offered to pay for my training materials and exam for MCPD certification. Doing research, I've found that the only certification Microsoft lists on their site is for .NET 3.5.

Does anyone know any information regarding when the 4.0 exams will be out? I'd really rather not go for 3.5 if it will be replaced by 4.0 in a few weeks.

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If I look into this link I see a list of .net 4.0 exams:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-vstudio.aspx#tab2

Wouter Janssens - Xelos bvba 2010-08-13 14:15:37

Ah, I had seen that page but misread the information. Under prerequisites there are no links to the exams. I assumed that they had not been released.

treefrog 2010-08-13 14:37:42

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To get better acquainted with .NET 4.0, you could look at the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 Training Kit at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=752cb725-969b-4732-a383-ed5740f02e93&displaylang=en

Edward Leno 2010-08-13 14:27:52

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The exams are available. It's just an oversight that they're not listed under the MCPD tab. The exams have already been released:

These are enough to get an MCPD:Web or MCPD:Windows (desktop). Or both, if you take them all.

Stephen Cleary 2010-08-13 14:30:59

http://tiny.cc/z8ano <- do you think that book would prepare me sufficiently for 70-515?

treefrog 2010-08-13 14:48:24

It looks OK. To be honest, I think the MCPD exams are all geared towards measuring *experience*, and they're difficult to "study" for out of any book. Of course, it certainly wouldn't hurt! For me, the best method of preparation has always been to look at the "prep guide" and make sure I fully understand each bullet item; do some reading and example projects for the unfamiliar concepts. Two new elements in 70-515 that weren't in earlier versions are MVC and jQuery.

Stephen Cleary 2010-08-13 15:54:52

Yeah I have about 3 years .NET experience, but I still wanted to brush up before I take the test so I don't miss points on obscurity.

treefrog 2010-08-13 20:26:44

You'll definitely want some .NET 4 experience. Play with PLINQ and Tasks and dynamic and all that goodness. There's a bunch of "what's new in .NET 4" blog posts and articles out there to get you started.

Stephen Cleary 2010-08-13 22:13:28

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