So, I decided to take a break from my formal studies. I will blog a little about that at another time. But given this break, I always like to look at technology and see what is changed. I have found the best way to do that is through studying, building a demo using the technology and then sitting for an exam. So, I have done Microsoft exams way back when I was just starting to get into technology in the military and then later it became a part of my job as an adult technical instructor.
I looked at my current certifications and notice that the whole MCSD (Microsoft Certified Solution Developer) certification track has changed significantly. I looked at the upgrade path and whilst I was interested in that, I only wanted to bite off small chunks at a time.
At the Microsoft learning site, I came across the following:
The first exam that I need to do to get the ball rolling is 70-536. I ordered the book from Microsoft Press and look at the relevant topics I need to master in order to be ready for the exam. The book and exam seem to state the importance over:
- Develop applications that use system types and collections
- Validate input and extract data with regular expressions
- Create services and multithreaded applications
- Implement code-access security and role-based security
- Implement serialization to read and write complex objects
- Leverage legacy code using interoperability
- Monitor and troubleshoot applications
- Create applications for a global audience
It looks like I have got my time cut out for me with this information to adsorb. However, after having a quick flick through the book it appears that a lot of the content is similar to .NET 2.0, so I feel it will be revision. But as I progress through this certification journey I will blog out new an important technology features.
