Exam 70-536 Study Notes

My study notes for Microsoft exam 70-536, Microsoft .NET Framework, Application Development Foundation, written in 2008 while preparing for it (how that started). They cover .NET Framework 2.0, so read them as history rather than current advice.

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

Developing applications that use system types and collections

Chapter summary: Framework Fundamentals

• 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

Implementing serialization and input/output functionality in a .NET Framework application

Chapter summary: Input/Output

• 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

Implementing globalization, drawing, and text manipulation functionality in a .NET Framework application

Chapter summary: Searching, Modifying, and Encoding Text

• 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

Snippets

• Useful snippets