Подготовка к экзамену 70-511: TS: Windows Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4. Часть 0.

За выступление в MCP клубе обещали премировать еще одним ваучером на бесплатную сдачу экзамена. Поэтому решил закрыть ветку Windows Application Development. Начнем с 511 экзамена.

Вводные данные:
Основная страница экзамена.
Требования к знаниям.

 Building a User Interface by Using Basic Techniques (23%)

• Choose the most appropriate control class.
• Implement screen layout by using nested control hierarchies.
• Create and apply styles and theming.
• Manage reusable resources.
• Implement an animation in WPF.

Enhancing a User Interface by Using Advanced Techniques (21%)

• Manage routed events in WPF.
• Configure WPF commanding.
• Modify the visual interface at run time.
• Implement user-defined controls.
• Create and display graphics.
• Add multimedia content to an application in WPF.
• Create and apply control templates in WPF.
• Create data, event, and property triggers in WPF.

Managing Data at the User Interface Layer (23%)

• Implement data binding.
• Implement value converters in WPF.
• Implement data validation.
• Implement and consume change notification interfaces.
• Prepare collections of data for display.
• Bind to hierarchical data.
• Implement data-bound controls.
• Create a data template in WPF.

Enhancing the Functionality and Usability of a Solution (17%)

• Integrate WinForms and WPF within an application.
• Implement asynchronous processes and threading.
• Incorporate globalization and localization features.
• Implement drag and drop operations within and across applications.
• Implement security features of an application.
• Manage user and application settings.
• Implement dependency properties.

Stabilizing and Releasing a Solution (17%)

• Implement a WPF test strategy.
• Debug XAML by using the WPF Visualizer.
• Debug WPF issues by using PresentationTraceSources.
• Configure a ClickOnce deployment.
• Create and configure a Windows Installer project.
• Configure deployment security settings.

Основные ссылки:
Раздел по WPF MSDN
Портал Windows Forms на MSDN
Доклады по WPF на TechDays
Центр Windows Presentation Foundation на MSDN
WPF Tutorial (неплохой сайт с большим количеством примеров/EN)

Учебники/книги:
MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-511): Windows Application Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4
WPF: Windows Presentation Foundation в .NET 4.0 с примерами на C# 2010 для профессионалов