MCAD/MCSD Visual Basic.NET Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

All-in-One is All You Need.

Prepare to pass all three exams required for MCAD/MCSD Visual Basic .NET certification

Get complete coverage of the material contained on MCAD/MCSD Visual Basic .NET certification exams 70-305, 70-306, and 70-310 inside this comprehensive reference. Written by expert application developers and trainers, this definitive, dual-purpose volume contains exam objectives at the beginning of each chapter, helpful exam tips, sample questions, and real-world scenarios. This authoritative resource serves as both a complete certification study tool and an indispensable on-the-job reference.

Get complete details on all exam objectives, including how to:

• Program using Visual Basic .NET and Visual Studio .NET
  
• Use arrays, strings, and collections
  
• Implement polymorphism, inheritance, and interfaces
  
• Use the Visual Basic Compiler to create assemblies
  
• Work with ADO.NET and the DataSet class
  
• Test and deploy Windows Forms and Web Forms applications
  
• Instantiate and invoke a COM or COM+ component
  
• Create TCP/IP networking services
  
• Implement SOAP and XML serialization
  

Included on the CD-ROM:

• Simulated exam for each: 70-305, 70-306, and 70-310
  
• Two LearnKey video training modules
  
• Three more MasterExam simulations with free online registration
  

Contents            

   Part I: Fundamentals of Visual Basic .NET
    1: What Is .NET?
    2: The Visual Studio .NET IDE
    3: The Visual Basic .NET Language
    4: Arrays, Strings, and Collections
    5: Delegates and Events

   Part II: Object Orientation in Visual Basic .NET
    6: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Overview
    7: Reference-Type Variables
    8: Inheritance in Visual Basic .NET

   Part III: Components and Assembly Deployment
    9: Creating and Using Assemblies
    10: Assembly Deployment
    11: Resources and Localization

   Part IV: Data Access
    12: ADO.NET and the DataSet Class
    13: Introduction to XML
    14: Using XML with the ADO.NET Classes

   Part V: Windows Forms Applications
    15: Creating Form Classes
    16: Creating and Using Controls
    17: Windows Forms Applications Options
    18: Data Binding in Windows Forms Applications
    19: Testing and Deploying a Windows Forms Application

   Part VI: Web Forms Applications
    20: Web Forms and Server Controls
    21: Web Forms Applications Options
    22: Data Binding in ASP.NET Applications
    23: Testing and Deploying a Web Forms Application

   Part VII: Remoting, Windows Services, and Using Web Services
    24: Windows Services
    25: COM Interoperability
    26: .NET Remoting
    27: Creating and Using Web Services
    28: Testing, Deploying, and Securing Web Services

   Part VIII: Advanced .NET Programming
    29: File and Data Streams
    30: Network I/O
    31: Serialization
    32: Reflection

   Part IX: Appendixes
    A: About the CD
    B: Exam Objective Mapping Document