Prep & Take Exam 71-515 .NET 4 ASP.NET Web Dev - Code Crackin #16

Hey Now Everybody,

For quite some time I’ve prepared to take the Microsoft .NET 4 Web Dev Exam 71-515, on Saturday April 10th 2010 I took the exam. It was a great experience that I’ve learned a lot & enjoyed it. The beta exam is great since it’s free to take. The exam was longer 85 questions (not 40) & it was 170 minutes (not 120 min). Below is a summary of my preparation for the exam.

The exam 71-515 is a beta for the exam 70-515. It's the 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 Implement 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,

The next 40 days I’m breaking up into two 20 day sections, the first focusing on the MCPD ASP.NET 4 exam & going to prepare & take that beta exam. Then changing focus to the SQL Server 2008 Developer exam. The content is great to study & learn.

That is all there is & there will be more,

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