MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit - MS .NET Framework 2.0 App Dev Foundation - by T. Northrup, S. Wildermuth & B. Ryan

MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-536) - Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Application Development Foundation - by Tony Northrup, Shawn Wildermuth & Bill Ryan

Book Details
Hardcover: 1088 pages
Publisher: Microsoft Press (June 5, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0735622779
ISBN-13: 978-0735622777

Book Description
Exam Prep Guide
Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-536—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce what you’ve learned by applying your knowledge to real-world case scenarios and labs. This official Microsoft study guide is designed to help you make the most of your study time.
Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to:

• Use system types, collections, and generics to help manage data
  
• Validate input, reformat text, and extract data with regular expressions
  
• Develop services, application domains, and multithreaded applications
  
• Enhance your application by adding graphics and images
  
• Implement code access security, role-based security, and data encryption
  
• Work with serialization and reflection techniques
  
• Instrument your applications with logging and tracing
  
• Interact with legacy code using COM Interop and PInvoke

About The Author
Tony Northrup, MCTS, MCSE, CISP, MVP, is a networking consultant and coauthor of Windows Server 2008 Networking and Network Access Protection (NAP).
I am a Microsoft C# MVP and the founder of Wildermuth Consulting Services, LLC, a company that is dedicated to delivering software and training solutions in the Atlanta, Georgia area. I am also a speaker on the INEA Speaker's Bureau and have appeared at several national conferences to speak on a variety of subjects. I am the author of the book "Pragmatic ADO.NET", the upcoming "Prescriptive Data Architectures", both for Addison-Wesley as well as co-author of several certification books for Microsoft Press. I have been writing articles for a number of years for a variety of magazines and websites, including MSDN, MSDN Online, DevSource, The ServerSide .NET, ONDotNet.com and Intel's Rich Client Series. I have enjoyed building data-driven software for more than twenty years.
Bill Ryan is an MVP for Windows Embedded and a frequent speaker at industry events including Microsoft Code Camps and .NET User’s Groups. GrandMasters is an IT consulting firm specializing in content development, exam development, and customized technical support.