MCSA_Course 20480: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3

 Implement and Manipulate Document Structures and Objects

• Create the document structure by using HTML

·        Structure the UI by using semantic markup, including markup for search engines and screen readers, such as Section, Article, Nav, Header, Footer, and Aside; create a layout container in HTML

• Write code that interacts with UI controls

·        Programmatically add and modify HTML elements; implement media controls; implement HTML5 canvas and SVG graphics

• Apply styling to HTML elements programmatically

·        Change the location of an element; apply a transform; show and hide elements

• Implement HTML5 APIs

·        Implement storage APIs and the Geolocation API

• Establish the scope of objects and variables

·        Define the lifetime of variables; keep objects out of the global namespace; use the “this” keyword to reference an object that fired an event; scope variables locally and globally

• Create and implement objects and methods

·        Implement native objects; create custom objects and custom properties for native objects using prototypes and functions; inherit from an object; implement native methods and create custom methods

Implement Program Flow

• Implement program flow

·        Iterate across collections and array items; manage program decisions by using switch statements, if/then, and operators; evaluate expressions

• Raise and handle an event

·        Handle common events exposed by DOM (OnBlur, OnFocus, OnClick); declare and handle bubbled events; handle an event by using an anonymous function

• Implement exception handling

·        Set and respond to error codes; throw an exception; request for null checks; implement try-catch-finally blocks

• Implement asynchronous programming

·        Receive messages from the HTML5 WebSocket API; use JQuery to make an AJAX call; wire up an event; implement a callback by using anonymous functions; handle the “this” pointer

• Create a web worker process

·        Start and stop a web worker; pass data to a web worker; configure timeouts and intervals on the web worker; register an event listener for the web worker; limitations of a web worker

Access and Secure Data

• Validate user input by using HTML5 elements

·        Choose the appropriate controls based on requirements; implement HTML input types and content attributes to collect user input

• Validate user input by using JavaScript

·        Evaluate a regular expression to validate the input format; validate that you are getting the right kind of data type by using built-in functions; prevent code injection

• Consume data

·        Consume JSON and XML data; retrieve data by using web services; load data or get data from other sources by using XMLHTTPRequest

• Serialize, deserialize, and transmit data

·        Handle binary data; handle text data such as JSON and XML; implement the JQuery serialize method; use Form.Submit; parse data; send data by using XMLHTTPRequest; sanitize input by using URI/form encoding

Use CSS3 in Applications

• Style HTML text properties

·        Apply styles to text appearance; apply styles to text font, including WOFF, @font-face, size, and understudy fonts; apply styles to text alignment, spacing, and indentation; apply styles to text hyphenation; apply styles for a text drop shadow

• Style HTML box properties

·        Apply styles to alter appearance attributes, including size, borders, rounded corners, outline, padding, and margin; apply styles to alter graphic effects, including transparency, opacity, background image, gradients, shadow, and clipping; apply styles to establish and change an element’s position

• Create a flexible content layout

·        Implement a layout using a flexible box model; implement a multi-column layout; implement a layout using position floating and exclusions; implement a layout using grid alignment; implement a layout using regions, grouping, and nesting

• Create an animated and adaptive UI

·        Animate objects by applying CSS transitions; apply 3-D and 2-D transformations; adjust UI based on media queries, including device adaptations for output formats, displays, and representations; hide or disable controls

• Find elements by using CSS selectors and JQuery

·        Choose the correct selector to reference an element; define element, style, and attribute selectors; find elements by using pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes

• Structure a CSS file by using CSS selectors

·        Reference elements correctly; implement inheritance; override inheritance by using !important; style an element based on pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes

MCSA_Course 20483: Programming in C#

Manage Program Flow

• Implement multithreading and asynchronous processing

·        Use the Task Parallel library, including theParallel.For method, PLINQ, Tasks;create continuation tasks; spawn threads by using ThreadPool; unblock the UI; use async and await keywords; manage data by using concurrent collections

• Manage multithreading

·        Synchronize resources; implement locking; cancel a long-running task; implement thread-safe methods to handle race conditions

• Implement program flow

·        Iterate across collection and array items; program decisions by using switch statements, if/then, and operators; evaluate expressions

• Create and implement events and callbacks

·        Create event handlers; subscribe to and unsubscribe from events; use built-in delegate types to create events; create delegates; lambda expressions; anonymous methods

• Implement exception handling

·        Handle exception types, including SQL exceptions, network exceptions, communication exceptions, network timeout exceptions; use catch statements; use base class of an exception; implement try-catchfinally blocks; throw exceptions; rethrow an exception; create custom exceptions; handle inner exceptions; handle aggregate exception

Create and Use Types

• Create types

·        Create value types, including structs and enum; create reference types, generic types, constructors, static variables, methods, classes, extension methods; create optional and named parameters; create indexed properties; create overloaded and overriden methods

• Consume types

·        Box or unbox to convert between value types; cast types; convert types; handle dynamic types; ensure interoperability with code that accesses COM APIs

• Enforce encapsulation

·        Enforce encapsulation by using properties; enforce encapsulation by using accessors, including public, private, protected, and internal; enforce encapsulation by using explicit interface implementation

• Create and implement a class hierarchy

·        Design and implement an interface; inherit from a base class; create and implement classes based on the IComparable, IEnumerable, IDisposable, and IUnknown interfaces

• Find, execute, and create types at runtime by using reflection

·        Create and apply attributes; read attributes; generate code at runtime by using CodeDom and Lambda expressions; use types from the System.Reflection namespace, including Assembly, PropertyInfo, MethodInfo, Type

• Manage the object life cycle

·        Manage unmanaged resources; implement IDisposable, including interaction with finalization; manage IDisposable by using the Using statement; manage finalization and garbage collection

• Manipulate strings

·        Manipulate strings by using the StringBuilder, StringWriter, and StringReader classes; search strings; enumerate string methods; format strings; use string interpolation

Debug Applications and Implement Security

• Validate application input

·        Validate JSON data; choose the appropriate data collection type; manage data integrity; evaluate a regular expression to validate the input format; use built-in functions to validate data type and content

• Perform symmetric and asymmetric encryption

·        Choose an appropriate encryption algorithm; manage and create certificates; implement key management; implement the System.Security namespace; hash data; encrypt streams

• Manage assemblies

·        Version assemblies; sign assemblies using strong names; implement side-by-side hosting; put an assembly in the global assembly cache; create a WinMD assembly

• Debug an application

·        Create and manage preprocessor directives; choose an appropriate build type; manage program database files (debug symbols)

• Implement diagnostics in an application

·        Implement logging and tracing; profiling applications; create and monitor performance counters; write to the event log

Implement Data Access

• Perform I/O operations

·        Read and write files and streams; read and write from the network by using classes in the System.Net namespace; implement asynchronous I/O operations

• Consume data

·        Retrieve data from a database; update data in a database; consume JSON and XML data; retrieve data by using web services

• Query and manipulate data and objects by using LINQ

·        Query data by using operators, including projection, join, group, take, skip, aggregate; create methodbased LINQ queries; query data by using query comprehension syntax; select data by using anonymous types; force execution of a query; read, filter, create, and modify data structures by using LINQ to XML

• Serialize and deserialize data

·        Serialize and deserialize data by using binary serialization, custom serialization, XML Serializer, JSON Serializer, and Data Contract Serializer

• Store data in and retrieve data from collections

·        Store and retrieve data by using dictionaries, arrays, lists, sets, and queues; choose a collection type; initialize a collection; add and remove items from a collection; use typed vs. non-typed collections; implement custom collections; implement collection interfaces