TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - Web-Based Client Development

Exam News

This Technology Specialist (TS) Exam 70-528: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0—Web-Based Client Development became available January 31, 2006.

Audience Profile

Candidates for this exam work on a team in a medium or large development environment that uses Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer or Visual Studio 2005. Candidates should have at least one year of experience developing Web-based applications by using the Microsoft .NET Framework. Candidates should have a working knowledge of Visual Studio 2005 and a sound knowledge of the new features of ASP.NET 2.0.

Credit Toward Certification

When you pass Exam 70-528: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - Web-Based Client Development, you earn credit toward the following certification:

• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: .NET Framework 2.0 Web Applications

Code Languages

When the exam begins, you can choose the programming language in which the code segments will appear. The available code languages for this exam are:

• Microsoft Visual Basic 2005

• Microsoft Visual C# 2005

Instructor-led Courses for This Exam

• Course 2541: Core Data Access with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

• Course 2542: Advanced Data Access with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

• Course 2543: Core Web Application Technologies with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

• Course 2544: Advanced Web Application Technologies with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

Skills Being Measured

This certification exam measures your ability to develop and implement Web-based applications with Web forms, ASP.NET, and the .NET Framework. Before taking the exam, you should be proficient in the job skills listed below.

Skills measured by exam 70-528

Creating and Programming a Web Application

Create and configure a Web application.

• Create a new Web application.

• Add Web Forms pages to a Web application.

Add and configure Web server controls.

• Add Web server controls to a Web Form.

• Configure the properties of Web server controls programmatically.

• Configure Web server control properties by using the Microsoft Visual Studio Property Editor.

• Specify whether events of a control cause a Web Form to post to the server.

• Configure a control to receive postback events.

• Access controls in Web Forms pages when working with naming containers and child controls.

• Create HTML server controls in the designer.

• Set HTML server control properties programmatically.

• Use HTML server controls to programmatically access HTML tags.

• Create HTML controls as elements in an HTML document.

• Use the AdRotator Web server control to manage banners and pop-up windows.

• Use the Button Web server control to send a command to the server when a button is clicked.

• Display a calendar on a Web page by using the Calendar Web server control.

• Implement the CheckBox Web server control.

• Implement the FileUpload Web server control.

• Create and manipulate links on a Web Form by using the HyperLink Web server control.

• Display an image on a Web Form by using the Image Web server control.

• Implement a button on a Web Form by using the ImageButton Web server control.

• Define hotspot regions within an image by using the ImageMap Web server control.

• Use the Label Web server control to display customized text on a Web page.

• Display a hyperlink style button on a Web Form by using the LinkButton Web server control.

• Display lists of information by using controls that derive from the ListControl class.

• Create a Web Form with static text by using the Literal Web server control.

• Implement pagination for controls on a page by using the Pager Web server control.

• Use the Panel Web server control to arrange controls in groups on a page.

• Create a container for a group of View controls by using the MultiView Web server control.

• Use the View Web server control to create a Web application.

• Create a mutually exclusive set of choices by using the RadioButton Web server control.

• Construct a table by using the Table, TableRow, and TableCell Web server controls.

• Enable users to type information into a Web Form by using the TextBox Web server control.

• Create a wizard by using the Wizard Web server control to collect data through multiple steps of a process.

• Use the XML Web server control to create XML data at the location of the control.

• Customize the appearance of Web server controls by using Web control templates.

• Programmatically edit settings in a Web site's configuration file.

• Dynamically add Web server controls to a Web Forms page.

Create event handlers for pages and controls.

• Create event handlers for a page or control at design time.

• Respond to application and session events

Manage state and application data.

• Manage state of an application by using client-based state management options.

• Manage state of an application by using server-based state management options.

• Maintain state of an application by using database technology.

Implement globalization and accessibility.

Implement site navigation and input validation.

• Use the SiteMap Web server control to display a representation of a Web site's navigation structure.

• Use validation controls to perform Web Forms validation.

• Validate against values in a database for server controls by using a CustomValidator control.

• Create a CustomValidator control and tie it to a custom function.

• Test programmatically whether a user's input passed validation before running code.

• Specify the location of a validation error message for server controls.

• Format validation error messages for server controls.

• Specify the layout for in-place messages on server controls.

• Disable validation for server controls.

• Display custom error messages for server controls.

• Validate server controls programmatically.

Write an ASP.NET handler to generate images dynamically for display on a Web page.

Configure settings for a Web application.

• Configure system-wide settings in the Machine.config file.

• Configure settings for a Web application in the Web.config file.

• Manage a Web application's configuration by using the Web Site Administration Tool.

Program a Web application.

• Redirect users to another Web page by using a server-side method.

• Detect browser types in Web Forms.

• Ascertain the cause of an unhandled exception at the page level.

• Programmatically access the header of a Web page.

• Implement cross-page postbacks.

• Assign focus to a control on a page when the page is displayed.

• Avoid performing unnecessary processing on a round trip by using a page's IsPostBack property.

• Access encapsulated page and application context.

• Avoid unnecessary client-side redirection by using the HttpServerUtility.Transfer method.

• Avoid round trips by using client-side scripts.

• Use a page's Async attribute to create a page that has built-in asynchronous capabilities.

• Convert HTML server controls to HTML elements.

Integrating Data in a Web Application by Using ADO.NET, XML, and Data-Bound Controls

Implement data-bound controls.

• Use tabular data source controls to return tabular data.

• Use hierarchical data source controls to display hierarchical data.

• Display data by using simple data-bound controls.

• Display data by using composite data-bound controls.

• Display data by using hierarchical data-bound controls.

• Use the FormView control to display the values of a single table record from a data source.

Manage connections and transactions of databases.

• Configure a connection to a database graphically by using the Connection Wizard.

• Configure a connection by using Server Explorer.

• Configure a connection to a database by using the connection class.

• Connect to a database by using specific database connection objects.

• Enumerate through instances of Microsoft SQL Server by using the DbProviderFactories.GetFactoryClasses method.

• Open a connection by using the Open method of a connection object.

• Close a connection by using the connection object.

• Secure a connection to protect access to your data source.

• Create a connection designed for reuse in a connection pool.

• Control connection pooling by configuring ConnectionString values based on database type.

• Use connection events to detect database information.

• Handle connection exceptions when connecting to a database.

• Perform transactions by using the ADO.NET Transaction object.

Create, delete, and edit data in a connected environment.

• Retrieve data by using a DataReader object.

• Build SQL commands visually in Server Explorer.

• Build SQL commands in code.

• Create parameters for a command object.

• Perform database operations by using a command object.

• Retrieve data from a database by using a command object.

• Perform asynchronous operations by using a command object.

• Perform bulk copy operations to copy data to a SQL Server computer.

• Store and retrieve binary large object (BLOB) data types in a database.

Create, delete, and edit data in a disconnected environment.

• Create an instance of the DataSet class programmatically.

• Create a DataSet graphically.

• Create a DataSet programmatically.

• Add a DataTable to a DataSet.

• Add a relationship between tables.

• Navigate a relationship between tables.

• Merge DataSet contents.

• Copy DataSet contents.

• Create a strongly typed DataSet.

• Create DataTables.

• Manage data within a DataTable.

• Create and use DataViews.

• Represent data in a DataSet by using XML.

• Access an ADO Recordset or Record by using the OleDbDataAdapter object.

• Generate DataAdapter commands automatically by using the CommandBuilder object.

• Generate DataAdapter commands programmatically.

• Populate a DataSet by using a DataAdapter.

• Update a database by using a DataAdapter.

• Resolve conflicts between a DataSet and a database by using the DataAdapter.

• Respond to changes made to data at the data source by using DataAdapter events.

• Perform batch operations by using DataAdapters.

Manage XML data with the XML Document Object Model (DOM).

• Read XML data into the DOM by using the Load method.

• Modify an XML document by adding and removing nodes.

• Modify nodes in an XML document.

• Write data in XML format from the DOM.

• Work with nodes in the XML DOM by using XmlNamedNodeMap and the XmlNodeList.

• Handle DOM events.

• Modify XML declaration.

Read and write XML data by using the XmlReader and XmlWriter.

• Read XML data by using the XmlReader.

• Read all XML element and attribute content.

• Read specific element and attribute content.

• Read XML data by using the XmlTextReader class.

• Read node trees by using the XmlNodeReader.

• Validate XML data by using the XmlValidatingReader.

• Write XML data by using the XmlWriter.

Creating Custom Web Controls

Create a composite Web application control.

• Create a user control.

• Convert a Web Forms page to a user control.

• Include a user control in a Web Forms page.

• Manipulate user control properties.

• Handle user control events within the user control code-declaration block or code-behind file.

• Create instances of user controls programmatically.

• Develop user controls in a code-behind file.

• Create a templated user control.

Create a custom Web control that inherits from the WebControl class.

• Create a custom Web control.

• Add a custom Web control to the Toolbox.

• Individualize a custom Web control.

• Create a custom designer for a custom Web control.

Create a composite server control.

• Create a base class for composite controls.

• Create a composite control.

Develop a templated control.

• Create a templated control.

• Develop a templated data-bound control.

Tracing, Configuring, and Deploying Applications

Use a Web setup project to deploy a Web application to a target server.

• Create a Web setup project.

• Configure deployment properties for a Web setup project.

• Install a Web application on a target server.

Copy a Web application to a target server by using the Copy Web tool.

Precompile a Web application by using the Publish Web utility.

Optimize and troubleshoot a Web application.

• Customize event-level analysis by using the ASP.NET health-monitoring API.

• Use performance counters to track the execution of an application.

• Troubleshoot a Web application by using ASP.NET tracing.

• Optimize performance by using the ASP.NET Cache object.

Customizing and Personalizing a Web Application

Implement a consistent page design by using master pages.

• Create a master page.

• Add a ContentPlaceHolder control to a master page.

• Specify default content for a ContentPlaceHolder.

• Reference external resources in a master page.

• Define the content of a particular page in a content page.

• Create a content page.

• Add content to a content page.

• Reference a master page member from a content page.

• Handle events when using master pages.

• Create a nested master page.

• Change master pages dynamically.

Customize a Web page by using themes and user profiles.

• Apply a theme declaratively.

• Apply a theme programmatically.

• Apply a user-selected theme programmatically.

• Define custom themes.

• Define the appearance of a control by using skins.

• Enable users to personalize an application by using Web Parts.

• Track and store user-specific information by using user profiles.

• Personalize a Web page by dynamically adding or removing child controls in a Placeholder control at run time.

Implement Web Parts in a Web application.

• Track and coordinate all Web Parts controls on a page by adding a WebPartManager control.

• Connect Web Parts to each other by using connection objects.

• Divide a page that uses Web Parts into zones by using WebPartZones.

• Present a list of available Web Parts controls to users by using CatalogPart controls.

• Enable users to edit and personalize Web Parts controls on a page by using EditorPart controls.

Implementing Authentication and Authorization

Establish a user's identity by using forms authentication.

• Configure forms authentication for a Web application by using a configuration file.

• Enable cookieless forms authentication by setting the cookieless attribute.

• Use membership APIs and the Membership class to manage users.

• Enable anonymous identification.

Use authorization to establish the rights of an authenticated user.

• Manage roles in the Web Site Administration Tool.

• Ascertain whether a specific user is in role.

• Get the roles for a specific user by using the Roles object or the User object.

• Store role information in a cookie.

• Restrict access to files by using file authorization.

• Restrict access to portions of an application by using URL authorization.

Implement Microsoft Windows authentication and impersonation.

• Establish a user's identity by using Windows authentication.

• Use impersonation to control access to resources.

Use login controls to control access to a Web application.

• Use the Login Web server control.

• Use the LoginView Web server control to view a user's login status.

• Use the PasswordRecovery Web server control to allow a user to recover a password.

• Use the LoginStatus Web server control to display either a login or logout link.

• Use the LoginName Web server control to display a user's login name on a Web page.

• Use the CreateUserWizard Web server control as a UI for creating new Web application user accounts.

• Use the ChangePassword Web server control to allow users to change their passwords.

• Specify the membership provider used for logging on.

• Configure a mail server so that login controls can be used to send e-mail messages to users.

Creating ASP.NET Mobile Web Applications

Create a mobile Web application project.

Use device-specific rendering to display controls on a variety of devices.

Use adaptive rendering to modify the appearance of Web server controls.

Use the mobile Web controls to display content on a device.