SharePoint 2010: Preparing for 70-573 TS Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Application Development

 

Welcome to my series of cram sessions to prepare for the new SharePoint 2010 exams. I’m going to start with the first development exam, 70-573.  For details on the whole set of 2010 exams see here.

This is kind of “Part 0” of the series and will serve as a backgrounder and a place to post general links for 70-573 prep.  Keep checking back here as I will be updating this page as I work though all of the topics.

 

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, (more to come…)

 

Background Skills

SharePoint is a Windows Server based product created using ASP.NET, so you will need developer skills in the following before even starting to work on SharePoint Certification:

• Solid VB.NET or C# skills  (2.0, 3.0 and 3.5)
• Solid ASP.NET skills
• and a host of other related skills:
• Workflow
• WCF
• JavaScript (and JQuery is a good idea)
• HTML / DHTML
• CSS
• Silverlight
• AJAX
• and don’t forget:
• User interface design skills
• An understanding of user “accessibility” issues (and legal concerns)

Classes

Here’s a few of the classes available at MAX Technical Training that will be of value:

MA-1038 Advanced SharePoint Training for Developers (for 2007 and 2010 development)

MA-1041 Exploring Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Using Visual Basic

MA-1042 Exploring Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Using Visual C#

MA-1045 Microsoft LINQ Using Visual C# 2008

MS-6461 Visual Studio 2008: Windows Communication Foundation

MA-1055 Microsoft Silverlight 4 Using Visual C# 2010: Volume 1

 

Useful Links for 70-573

 

• The official exam page:
  http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-573
   
• the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 SDK
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee557253.aspx
   
• Downloadable SharePoint 2010 SDK
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f0c9daf3-4c54-45ed-9bde-7b4d83a8f26f
  
• SharePoint 2010: Getting Started with Development on SharePoint 2010 Hands-on Labs in C# and Visual Basic10 hands-on lab manuals for SharePoint 2010 to get started learning SharePoint 2010 development
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c010fc68-b47f-4db6-b8a8-ad4ba33a35c5&displaylang=en.
    HOL01 - Visual Web Parts
    HOL02 - List Definitions and Event Receivers
    HOL03 - Advanced Web Parts
    HOL04 - LINQ to SharePoint
    HOL05 - Client OM and REST
    HOL06 - BCS External Content Type
    HOL07 - Workflow with Initiation Form
    HOL08 - User Interface with Silverlight
    HOL09 - Sandboxed Solutions
    HOL10 - User Interface Ribbon and Dialog Customizations
   
• 10 Video collections:
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513147.aspx
   
• From codeplex.com…
  SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010
  “Visual Studio 2010 samples demonstrate SharePoint 2010 development projects, tools, and techniques. Each sample is available in both Visual Basic and C#.”
  http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SharePointDev2010
    SharePoint 2007 Sequential Workflow
    SharePoint 2010 Sequential Workflow
    Business Data Connectivity Samples
    Visual Web Part
    List with Event Receiver
    Custom Action Project Item
   
• Best Practices:
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee556427.aspx
    Avoid Suspending Impersonation of the Calling User
    Avoid Unnecessary Construction of SPWeb and SPSite Objects
    Best Practices with Event Receivers
    Disposing Objects
    File Naming Restrictions
    Handling Large Folders and Lists
    Object Caching Techniques
    Optimizing Code Performance
   
• Essential SharePoint Programming Tasks
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee534973.aspx

  Converting Date and Time Values
  Describing Forms of URL Strings
  Getting References to Sites, Web Applications, and Other Key Objects
  How to: Add or Delete List Items
  How to: Read the Value of a Field in a List Item
  How to: Return Items from a List
  How to: Run Code on All Web Servers
  Registering and Importing Namespaces
  Security Validation and Making Posts to Update Data
 

• SharePoint Foundation Development Tools
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee534965.aspx
    Setting Up the Development Environment for SharePoint 2010
    Using Visual Studio for SharePoint Development
    Using SharePoint Designer for SharePoint Customization
    Prepare for Developing Mobile Device Access to SharePoint
    SPMetal