Exam Ref 70-486 · Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications by Penberthy, William -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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

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Preparing for the exam 1. Design the application architecture

Objective 1.1: Plan the application layers

Planning data access

Data access options Design approaches Data access from within code

Planning for separation of concern (SoC) Using models, views, and controllers appropriately

Model Controllers

Actions and Action Results Routes and Routing Asynchronous Controllers

Views

The Razor View and Web Forms View Engines Extending the View Engines

Choosing between client-side and server-side processing Designing for scalability Objective summary Objective review

Objective 1.2: Design a distributed application

Integrating web services Designing a hybrid application Planning for session management in a distributed environment Planning web farms Objective summary Objective review

Objective 1.3: Design and implement the Windows Azure role life cycle

Understanding Windows Azure and roles Identifying startup tasks Identifying and implementing Start, Run, and Stop events Objective summary Objective review

Objective 1.4: Configure state management

Choosing a state management mechanism Planning for scalability Using cookies or local storage to maintain state

Cookies HTML5 Web Storage

Applying configuration settings in the Web.config file Implementing sessionless state Objective summary Objective review

Objective 1.5: Design a caching strategy

Implementing page output caching

Donut caching Donut hole caching Distribution caching

Implementing data caching Implementing application caching

Create the application cache manifest Reference the manifest Transfer the manifest

Implementing HTTP caching Objective summary Objective review

Objective 1.6: Design and implement a WebSocket strategy

Reading and writing string and binary data Choosing a connection loss strategy Deciding when to use WebSockets Objective summary Objective review

Objective 1.7: Design HTTP modules and handlers

Implementing synchronous and asynchronous modules and handlers Choosing between modules and handlers in IIS Objective summary Objective review

Chapter summary Answers

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2. Design the user experience

Objective 2.1: Apply the user interface design for a web application

Creating and applying styles using CSS Using HTML to structure and lay out the user interface Implementing dynamic page content based on design Objective summary Objective review

Objective 2.2: Design and implement UI behavior

Implementing client validation

Models Views Controllers

Using remote validation Using JavaScript and the DOM to control application behavior Extending objects by using prototypal inheritance Using AJAX to make partial page updates Implementing the UI using jQuery Objective summary Objective review

Objective 2.3: Compose the UI layout of an application

Implementing partials for reuse in different areas of the application Designing and implementing pages by using Razor templates Designing layouts to provide visual structure Implementing master/application pages Objective summary Objective review

Objective 2.4: Enhance application behavior and style based on browser feature detection

Detecting browser features and capabilities Creating a web application that runs across multiple browsers and mobile devices Enhancing application behavior and style by using vendor-specific extensions Objective summary Objective review

Objective 2.5: Plan an adaptive UI layout

Planning for applications that run in browsers on multiple devices Planning for mobile web applications Objective summary Objective review

Chapter summary Answers

Objective 2.1: Thought experiment Objective 2.1: Review Objective 2.2: Thought experiment Objective 2.2: Review Objective 2.3: Thought experiment Objective 2.3: Review Objective 2.4: Thought experiment Objective 2.4: Review Objective 2.5: Thought experiment Objective 2.5: Review

3. Develop the user experience

Objective 3.1: Plan for search engine optimization and accessibility

Using analytical tools to parse HTML Viewing and evaluating conceptual structure by using plugs-in for browsers Writing semantic markup for accessibility Objective summary Objective review

Objective 3.2: Plan and implement globalization and localization

Planning a localization strategy Creating and applying resources to the UI Setting cultures Creating satellite resource assemblies Objective summary Objective review

Objective 3.3: Design and implement MVC controllers and actions

Applying authorization attributes and global filters Implementing action behaviors Implementing action results Implementing model binding Objective summary Objective review

Objective 3.4: Design and implement routes

Defining a route to handle a URL pattern Applying route constraints Ignoring URL patterns Adding custom route parameters Defining areas Objective summary Objective review

Objective 3.5: Control application behavior by using MVC extensibility points

Implementing MVC filters and controller factories Controlling application behavior by using action results Controlling application behavior by using view engines Controlling application behavior by using model binders Controlling application behavior by using route handlers Objective summary Objective review

Objective 3.6: Reduce network bandwidth

Bundling and minifying scripts

Bundling Minifying

Compressing and decompressing data Planning a content delivery network (CDN) strategy Objective summary Objective review

Chapter summary Answers

Objective 3.1: Thought experiment Objective 3.1: Review Objective 3.2: Thought experiment Objective 3.2: Review Objective 3.3: Thought experiment Objective 3.3: Review Objective 3.4: Thought experiment Objective 3.4: Review Objective 3.5: Thought experiment Objective 3.5: Review Objective 3.6: Thought experiment Objective 3.6: Review

4. Troubleshoot and debug web applications

Objective 4.1: Prevent and troubleshoot runtime issues

Troubleshooting performance, security, and errors

Using Performance Wizard Using Visual Studio Profiler Using Performance Monitor

Troubleshooting security issues Implementing tracing, logging, and debugging Enforcing conditions by using code contracts Enabling and configuring health monitoring Objective summary Objective review

Objective 4.2: Design an exception handling strategy

Handling exceptions across multiple layers Displaying custom error pages, creating your own HTTPHandler, and setting Web.config attributes Handling first chance exceptions Objective summary Objective review

Objective 4.3: Test a web application

Creating and running unit tests

Running integration tests Creating mocks

Creating and running web tests

Types of load tests Test planning

Objective summary Objective review

Objective 4.4: Debug a Windows Azure application

Collecting diagnostic information Choosing log types Debugging a Windows Azure application Objective summary Objective review

Chapter summary Answers

Objective 4.1: Thought experiment Objective 4.1: Review Objective 4.2: Thought experiment Objective 4.2: Review Objective 4.3: Thought experiment Objective 4.3: Review Objective 4.4: Thought experiment Objective 4.4: Review

5. Design and implement security

Objective 5.1: Configure authentication

Authenticating users

Anonymous authentication Basic authentication Digest authentication Forms authentication Windows authentication ASP.NET Impersonation authentication Client Certificate authentication and IIS Client Certificate authentication Custom authentication

Enforcing authentication settings Choosing between Windows, Forms, and custom authentication Managing user session by using cookies Configuring membership providers Creating custom membership providers Objective summary Objective review

Objective 5.2: Configure and apply authorization

Creating roles Authorizing roles by using configuration Authorizing roles programmatically Creating custom role providers Implementing WCF service authorization Objective summary Objective review

Objective 5.3: Design and implement claims-based authentication across federated identity stores

Implementing federated authentication by using Windows Azure Access Control Service Creating a custom security token by using Windows Identity Foundation Handling token formats for SAML and SWT tokens Objective summary Objective review

Objective 5.4: Manage data integrity

Understanding encryption terminology Applying encryption to application data Applying encryption to the configuration sections of an application Signing application data to prevent tampering Objective summary Objective review

Objective 5.5: Implement a secure site with ASP.NET

Securing communication by applying SSL certificates Salting and hashing passwords for storage Using HTML encoding to prevent cross-site scripting attacks (AntiXSS Library) Implementing deferred validation and handle unvalidated requests Preventing SQL injection attacks by parameterizing queries Preventing cross-site request forgeries (XSRFs) Objective summary Objective review

Chapter summary Answers

Objective 5.1 Thought experiment Objective 5.1 Review Objective 5.2 Thought experiment Objective 5.2 Review Objective 5.3 Thought experiment Objective 5.3 Review Objective 5.4 Thought experiment Objective 5.4 Review Objective 5.5 Thought experiment Objective 5.5 Review

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