If you’ve been reading my blog these past couple of months, you probably know that I am studying for the MCPD Exam 70-523: Upgrade: Transition your MCPD .NET Framework 3.5 Web Developer Skills to MCPD .NET Framework 4 Web Developer.
This exam is scheduled to retire on July 31, 2014 (I know, I’m late for the party and I don’t have much time left) and it covers a broad variety of topics:
- ASP.NET
- AJAX
- JavaScript
- MVC2
- Data access with ADO.NET
- Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
- .NET 4
I will complete the requirements for the following certifications when I pass the exam:
- MCTS: .NET Framework 4, Web Applications
- MCTS: .NET Framework 4, Service Communication Applications
- MCTS: .NET Framework 4, Data Access
- MCPD: Web Developer 4
There is no individual learning plan for the Microsoft Certified Professional Exam 70-523 but it is a combination of MCPD Web Dev 4 track: 70-513, 70-515, 70-516 and 70-519. I am basically going through these one by one and also checking the skills measured for 70-523.
I decided to share my learning plan with you. I will be updating this list regularly until the exam which I will probably take at the beginning of July.
- Learning Plan
- WCF By Example by Aaron Skonnard on Pluralsight
- WCF Fundamentals by Aaron Skonnard on Pluralsight
- WCF 4.0 New Features by Scott Seely on Pluralsight
- WCF Multi-Tier Services Development With LINQ by Mike Liu
Exam 70-515 MCTS prerequisite: TS: Web Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4
- Learning Plan
- Introduction to ASP.NET 4 WebForms by Onion Wahlin on Pluralsight
- Building Applications with ASP.NET MVC 4 by Scott Allen on Pluralsight
- ASP.NET MVC 4 Fundamentals by Scott Allen on Pluralsight
- ASP.NET 4.0 New Features by Fritz Onion on Pluralsight
- ASP.NET Ajax Fundamentals by Fritz Onion on Pluralsight
Exam 70-516 MCTS prerequisite: TS: Accessing Data with Microsoft .NET Framework 4
- Learning Plan
- Programming Entity Framework, second edition by Julie Lerman
- ADO.NET Fundamentals by Herve Roggero on Pluralsight
- Entity Framework 4.0 By Example by Julie Lerman on Pluralsight
- Querying The Entity Framework by Julie Lerman on Pluralsight
Other resources
- Microsoft Virtual Academy
- Pro C# 5 And The .Net 4.5 Framework by Andrew Troelsen
- C# In Depth by Jon Skeet
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