MCSD Certification Toolkit (Exam 70-483): Programming in C#

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Introduction
   1. Who This Book Is For
   2. What This Book Covers
   3. How This Book Is Structured
   4. What You Need to Use This Book
   5. Conventions
   6. Study Material and Code on the Website
   7. Errata
   8. p2p.wrox.com
3. Chapter 1: Introducing the Programming C# Certification
   1. Getting Certified
   2. Things to Know About the Test
   3. How to Study for the Exam Using This Book
   4. The 70-483 Objectives
   5. Summary
   6. Additional Reading and Resources
4. Chapter 2: Basic Program Structure
   1. Writing Your First Program
   2. Controlling Program Flow
   3. Summary
   4. Test Questions
   5. Additional Reading and Resources
   6. Cheat Sheet
   7. Review of Key Terms
5. Chapter 3: Working with the Type System
   1. Creating Value Types
   2. Creating Reference Types
   3. Understanding Encapsulation
   4. Understanding Generic Types and Generic Methods
   5. Summary
   6. Chapter Test Questions
   7. Additional Reading and Resources
   8. Cheat Sheet
   9. Review of Key Terms
6. Chapter 4: Using Types
   1. Converting Between Types
   2. Manipulating Strings
   3. Formatting Values
   4. Summary
   5. Test Questions
   6. Additional Reading and Resources
   7. Cheat Sheet
   8. Review of Key Terms
7. Chapter 5: Creating and Implementing Class Hierarchies
   1. Inheriting from a Base Class
   2. Designing and Implementing Interfaces
   3. Implementing Common Interfaces
   4. Managing Object Life Cycle
   5. Summary
   6. Test Questions
   7. Additional Reading and Resources
   8. Cheat Sheet
   9. Review of Key Terms
8. Chapter 6: Working with Delegates, Events, and Exceptions
   1. Working with Delegates
   2. Working with Events
   3. Exception Handling
   4. Summary
   5. Chapter Test Questions
   6. Additional Reading and Resources
   7. Cheat Sheet
   8. Review of Key Terms
9. Chapter 7: Multithreading and Asynchronous Processing
   1. Creating Responsive Applications
   2. Working with the Task Parallel Library
   3. Exploring Advanced Multithreading Programming Topics
   4. Summary
   5. Chapter Test Questions
   6. Additional Reading and Resources
   7. Cheat Sheet
   8. Review of Key Terms
10. Chapter 8: Creating and Using Types with Reflection, Custom Attributes, the CodeDOM, and Lambda Expressions
    1. Using the System.Reflection Namespace
    2. Read and Create Custom Attributes
    3. Generate Code Using the CodeDOM Namespace
    4. Lambda Expressions
    5. Summary
    6. Chapter Test Questions
    7. Additional Reading and Resources
    8. Cheat Sheet
    9. Review of Key Terms
11. Chapter 9: Working with Data
    1. Working with Data Collections
    2. Consuming Data
    3. Performing I/O Operations
    4. Understanding Serialization
    5. Summary
    6. Chapter Test Questions
    7. Additional Reading and Resources
    8. Cheat Sheet
    9. Review of Key Terms
12. Chapter 10: Working with Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
    1. Understanding Query Expressions
    2. Summary
    3. Chapter Test Questions
    4. Additional Reading and Resources
    5. Review of Key Terms
13. Chapter 11: Input Validation, Debugging, and Instrumentation
    1. Input Validation
    2. Debugging
    3. Instrumenting Applications
    4. Summary
    5. Chapter Test Questions
    6. Additional Reading and Resources
    7. Cheat Sheet
    8. Review of Key Terms
14. Chapter 12: Using Encryption and Managing Assemblies
    1. Using Encryption
    2. Managing Assemblies
    3. Summary
    4. Chapter Test Questions
    5. Additional Reading and Resources
    6. Cheat Sheet
    7. Review of Key Terms
15. Appendix: Answers to Sample Test Questions
    1. Chapter 1: Introducing the Programming in C# Certification
    2. Chapter 2: Basic Program Structure
    3. Chapter 3: Working with the Type System
    4. Chapter 4: Using Types
    5. Chapter 5: Creating and Implementing Class Hierarchies
    6. Chapter 6: Working with Delegates, Events, and Exceptions
    7. Chapter 7: Multithreading and Asynchronous Processing
    8. Chapter 8: Creating and Using Types with Reflection, Custom Attributes, the CodeDOM, and Lambda Expressions
    9. Chapter 9: Working with Data
    10. Chapter 10: Working with Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
    11. Chapter 11: Input Validation, Debugging, and Instrumentation
    12. Chapter 12: Using Encryption and Managing Assemblies
16. About the Authors
17. About the Technical Editor
18. Credits
19. Acknowledgments
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