Exam 70-536 - Microsoft .NET Framework, Application Development Foundation

• Manage data in a .NET Framework application by using the .NET Framework 2.0 system types.
  • Value types
  • Reference types
  • Attributes
  • Generic types
  • Exception classes
  • Boxing and Unboxing
  • TypeForwardedToAttribute Class

• Manage a group of associated data in a .NET Framework application by using collections.
  • ArrayList class
  • Collection interfaces
  • Iterators
  • Hashtable class
  • CollectionBase class and ReadOnlyCollectionBase class
  • DictionaryBase class and DictionaryEntry class
  • Comparer class
  • Queue class
  • SortedList class
  • BitArray class
  • Stack class

• Improve type safety and application performance in a .NET Framework application by using generic collections.
  • Collection.Generic interfaces
  • Generic Dictionary
  • Generic Comparer class and Generic EqualityComparer class
  • Generic KeyValuePair structure
  • Generic List class
  • Generic List.Enumerator structure, and Generic SortedList class
  • Generic Queue class and Generic Queue.Enumerator structure
  • Generic SortedDictionary class
  • Generic LinkedList
  • Generic Stack class and Generic Stack.Enumerator structure

• Manage data in a .NET Framework application by using specialized collections.
  • Specialized String classes
  • Specialized Dictionary
  • NameValueCollection class
  • CollectionsUtil
  • BitVector32 structure and BitVector32.Section structure

• Implement .NET Framework interfaces to cause components to comply with standard contracts.
  • IComparable interface
  • IDisposable interface
  • IConvertible interface
  • ICloneable interface
  • IEquatable interface
  • IFormattable interface

• Control interactions between .NET Framework application components by using events and delegates.
  • Delegate class
  • EventArgs class
  • EventHandler delegates

• Access files and folders by using the File System classes.
  • File class and FileInfo class
  • Directory class and DirectoryInfo class
  • DriveInfo class and DriveType enumeration
  • FileSystemInfo class and FileSystemWatcher class
  • Path class
  • ErrorEventArgs class and ErrorEventHandler delegate
  • RenamedEventArgs class and RenamedEventHandler delegate

• Manage byte streams by using Stream classes.
  • FileStream class
  • Stream class
  • MemoryStream class
  • BufferedStream class

• Manage the .NET Framework application data by using Reader and Writer classes.
  • StringReader class and StringWriter class
  • TextReader class and TextWriter class
  • StreamReader class and StreamWriter class
  • BinaryReader class and BinaryWriter class

• Compress or decompress stream information in a .NET Framework application and improve the security of application data by using isolated storage.
  • IsolatedStorageFile class
  • IsolatedStorageFileStream class
  • DeflateStream class
  • GZipStream class

• Format data based on culture information
  • Access culture and region information in a .NET Framework application
  • Format date and time values based on the culture
  • Format number values based on the culture
  • Perform culture-sensitive string comparison
  • Build a custom culture class based on existing culture and region classes

• Enhance the user interface of a .NET Framework application by using the System.Drawing namespace
  • Enhance the user interface of a .NET Framework application by using brushes, pens, colors, and fonts
  • Enhance the user interface of a .NET Framework application by using graphics, images, bitmaps, and icons
  • Enhance the user interface of a .NET Framework application by using shapes and sizes

• Enhance the text handling capabilities of a .NET Framework application, and search, modify, and control text within a .NET Framework application by using regular expressions.
  • StringBuilder class
  • Regex class
  • Match class and MatchCollection class
  • Group class and GroupCollection class
  • Encode text by using Encoding classes
  • Decode text by using Decoding classes
  • Capture class and CaptureCollection class

• Useful snippets