70-486 - Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications

RobertKaucher

Continuing on the path of MCSD: Web Applications that I started with the 70-480 exam, I'll be starting to compile a list of resources and suggestions for studying for the 486. This thread is likely to progress slowly and I would love it if anyone else contributed their resources.

70-486: Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications




General Resources
MSDN: What's New in ASP.NET MVC 4

MSDN: ASP.NET MVC 4 Reference

How To Achieve World(-Ready) Domination In ASP.NET MVC 4

ASP.NET MVC 4 Sample (Magazine website)

ASP.NET Site: ASP.NET MVC4 Web API Tutorials

Dependency Inversion, Inversion of Control, and Dependency Injection in MVC
The Dependency Inversion Principle WikiPedia
Dependency Inversion Principle - OODesign.com
Inversion of Control - WikiPedia
Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control with ASP.NET MVC
ASP.net site
Dependency Injection in ASP.NET MVC 4 and WebAPI using Unity

In addition to the above resources I have to recommend the courses on PluralSight.com. Specifically John Sonmez's course on IoC and Don Allen's and Scott Wahlin's courses on ASP.net MVC4. John Flanders also has an introductory course on the Web API that should be watched.

RobertKaucher

Design the Application Architecture

Plan the application layers.
This objective may include but is not limited to: plan data access; plan for separation of concerns; appropriate use of models, views, and controllers; choose between client-side and server side processing; design for scalability


Design a distributed application.
This objective may include but is not limited to: design a hybrid application (on premise vs. off premise, including Windows Azure); plan for session management in a distributed environment; plan web farms


Building Hybrid Applications in the Cloud on Windows Azure - Patterns and Practices
.NET On-Premises/Cloud Hybrid Application Using Service Bus Relay

Design and Implement the Windows Azure Role Life Cycle.
This objective may include but is not limited to: identify and implement Start, Run, and Stop events;identify startup tasks (IIS configuration [app pool], registry configuration, third-party tools)


Configure State Management.
This objective may include but is not limited to: choose a state management mechanism (in-process and out of process state management, ViewState); plan for scalability; use cookies or local storage to maintain state; apply configuration settings in web.config file; implement sessionless state (for example, QueryString)

Session
Strongly Typed Session Variables in ASP.NET MVC
Everything you wanted to Know about Statemanagement
The Differences Between Development on Windows Azure and Windows Server

Design a Caching Strategy.
This objective may include but is not limited to: implement page output caching (performance oriented); implement data caching; implement HTTP caching

Data Caching with .Net 4.0 and Asp.Net MVC – part 1
Data Caching with .Net 4.0 and Asp.Net MVC – part 2

RobertKaucher

Ok, I scheduled the exam for the 23rd of next month, so I had better get cracking!

RobertKaucher

I have found two more resources including an amazing cert guide. I don't think I have anything else to add that the second link doesn't cover. That is a model for us to follow on this forum!

Microsoft Virtual Academy: Building Web Apps with ASP.NET Jump Start
https://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/building-web-apps-with-asp-net

From Virok on StackOverflow an amazingly detailed well presented guide:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iZ8RS6VuB0GFO2BQdYxkmywK1ZBn75fzzGm9F5s82l0/edit?pli=1#heading=h.j92v7t8qpymf