Add and configure a Windows Forms control

This objective may include but is not limited to: Use the integrated development environment (IDE) to add a control to a Windows Form or other container control of a project at design time, add controls to a Windows Form at run time, configure controls on a Windows Form at design time to optimize the UI, modify control properties.

Create and configure menus

This objective may include but is not limited to: Create and configure a MenuStrip component on a Windows Form, change the displayed menu structure programmatically, create and configure the ContextMenuStrip component on a Windows Form.

Create event handlers for Windows Forms and controls.

This objective may include but is not limited to: Manage mouse and keyboard events within Windows Forms applications, create event handlers at run time to respond to system or user events dynamically, connect multiple events to a single event handler

Implement data-bound controls

This objective may include but is not limited to: Use the DataGridView control to display and update the tabular data contained in a data source, use a simple data-bound control to display a single data element on a Windows Form, implement complex data binding to integrate data from multiple sources, navigate forward and backward through records in a DataSet in Windows Forms, define a data source by using a DataConnector component, create data forms by using the Data Form Wizard

Manage connections and transactions

This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure a connection to a database by using the Connection Wizard, configure a connection to a database by using Server Explorer, configure a connection to a database by using the Connection class, connect to a database by using specific database Connection objects, handle exceptions when connecting to a database, perform transactions by using the Transaction object.

Create, add, delete, and edit data in a disconnected environment

This objective may include but is not limited to: Create a DataSet graphically, create a DataSet programmatically, add a DataTable to a DataSet, add a relationship between tables within a DataSet, navigate a relationship between tables, merge DataSet contents, copy DataSet contents, create a typed DataSet, create DataTables, manage data within a DataTable, create and use DataViews, represent data in a DataSet by using XML, use the OleDbDataAdapter object to access an ADO Recordset or Record, generate DataAdapter commands automatically by using the CommandBuilder object, generate DataAdapter commands programmatically, populate a DataSet by using a DataAdapter, update a database by using a DataAdapter, resolve conflicts between a DataSet and a database by using a DataAdapter, respond to changes made to data at the data source by using DataAdapter events, perform batch operations by using DataAdapters

Manage the print process by using print dialogs

This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure print options at run time, change printers attached to a user’s computer, configure the PrintPreviewDialog control, set page details for printing by using the PageSetupDialog

Construct print documents

This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure the PrintDocument component, print a text document in a Windows form, print graphics in a Windows form, print a document by using the PrintDialog component, alert users to the completion of a print job

Implement globalization and localization for a Windows Forms application

This objective may include but is not limited to: work with resource files for localization, determine installed locales

Create and configure multiple-document interface (MDI) forms

This objective may include but is not limited to: create parent and child forms, identify active child form, send data to an active child form, arrange child forms, create menus for an MDI application

Create, configure, and customize user assistance controls and components

This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure the PropertyGrid component, configure the ProgressBar control, configure StatusStrip, configure ToolTip, configure ErrorProvider, configure HelpProvider controls, configure timer components

Manage a background process by using the BackgroundWorker component

This objective may include but is not limited to: Run a background process, announce completion of a background process, cancel a background process, report on the progress of a background component, request status of a background component

Implement an asynchronous method

This objective may include but is not limited to: Create an asynchronous method, create a new process thread, implement advanced asynchronous techniques

Create a composite Windows Forms control

This objective may include but is not limited to: create properties, methods and events, expose properties of constituent controls, create custom dialog boxes, customize a control’s paint and render, set visibility at run time, provide a toolbox bitmap

Configure the installation of a Windows Forms application by using ClickOnce technology

This objective may include but is not limited to: install a Windows Forms application on a client computer, install a Windows Forms application from a server, configure the required permissions of an application

Create a Windows Forms setup applicationThis objective may include but is not limited to: configure setup project to add icons during setup, set deployment project properties, configure conditional installation based on operating system versions, set appropriate Launch Conditions based on the .NET Framework version, add custom actions to a setup project, add error-handling code to a setup project

Configure security features in an application

Configure security features in an application

This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure code access security, configure the application to work with UAC, configure Windows manipulation permissions, configure appropriate file access permissions for the application, control printing security for the application

Analyze the technical feasibility of application design

This objective may include but is not limited to: architecture (Windows vs. ASP), resourcing (staffing, skill sets, hardware, OS), network capacity and distribution, application extensibility, existing applications, exposing APIs, timeframe, Integration of third-party controls, applications, and external data sources

Evaluate testing requirements

This objective may include but is not limited to: stress testing, testing against high activity and frequency of operations, testing with a true representative sample, building test cases

Evaluate design against available resources

This objective may include but is not limited to: cost, timeframe, resources (local versus distributed teams), hardware resources, network resources, customer infrastructure (required hardware like servers, routers, RAM and required software like OS)

Plan data access strategy

This objective may include but is not limited to: retrieve data from disparate data sources (XML data, flat files, and relational databases, manage class-generated data, LINQ), manage bulk imports and exports (ETL, data transformation), choose appropriate data access layer, manage data purity (revalidate data across trust boundaries), manage data asynchronously, leverage synchronization services, connection management

Select a data storage mechanism

This objective may include but is not limited to: security, target data engine, target environment (workstation capabilities, OS, bandwidth, domain vs. workgroup, connectivity, reliability)

Plan data caching and persistence strategy

This objective may include but is not limited to: managing data cache, managing data persistence(storing disconnected scenarios, managing offline data), mapping database to local cache (loading all customers locally), managing data state

Plan data capture

This objective may include but is not limited to: validating input (type converters, regular expressions, apply business rules), responding to mouse & keyboard input, pick list (combo boxes, list boxes, auto-fill text boxes)

Design user interface components

This objective may include but is not limited to: common dialog boxes, designing navigation using menus, SDI and MDI (multiple monitor configuration, implementing master and detail), single vs. multiple instances of the application, implementing data binding, abstracting with custom controls (abstract base classes), using and creating user controls (extend a custom control to add functionality, creating a custom DataGridView column), integrating with non-Forms UI elements

Design a data binding strategy

This objective may include but is not limited to: populating from XML, populating from SQL, populating from object data source & entity, lazy loads, updating bound data (concurrency management, late commits , lazy commits), data context

Design role-based security

This objective may include but is not limited to: implementing security using IPrincipal and IIdentity, custom vs. platform security, managing user functionality, limit or gate access , data decoupling, designing security profiles

Design data transmission and storage

This objective may include but is not limited to: SSL, encryption (offline data, password management)

Design authentication and authorization

This objective may include but is not limited to: login mechanism (domain user accounts, SQL Server user accounts), role-based application configuration, security auditing & logging, file system rights & authorization, web service rights & authentication

Plan for multiple component application deployment

This objective may include but is not limited to: bootstrap installation, legacy applications, application suite, COM-visible assemblies

Plan performance monitoring strategy

This objective may include but is not limited to: profiling, tracing, performance counters, audit trails

Plan exception management strategy

This objective may include but is not limited to: implementing a framework for logging & exception handling, error handling and reporting, user feedback

Design n-layer architecture

This objective may include but is not limited to: logically separating concerns (business objects layer or tier, data tier), design project structure (effective use of sub projects)

Plan component reuse strategy

This objective may include but is not limited to: sharing common resources, coupling of generic elements to specific elements, Object-Oriented modeling techniques, dealing with COM interoperability issues associated with existing legacy components

Plan Multi-threaded implementation and UI responsiveness

This objective may include but is not limited to: implementing multi-threading and reporting progress, updating the UI from a background thread

Plan optimized data retrieval

This objective may include but is not limited to: type data sets vs. un-typed data sets, entity models, ORM performance, performance monitoring of tiers for latency and chunkiness (batch retrieval; multiple small calls), roundtrip optimization, caching of frequently used data (pick List data, drop down data, list boxes)

Design state management

This objective may include but is not limited to: storing application state, storing user state, managing server-side state

Plan resource management

This objective may include but is not limited to: memory, GDI handles, unmanaged resources, resource disposition memory management, resource planning (skill set to project tasks), order of application component development