MCTS in SharePoint 2010

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I recently passed the MCTS SharePoint 2010 Application Development 70-573 exam. I thought it is good to share the list of resources that helped me with my amendment.

Skills Being Measured:

Working with the SharePoint User Interface (19%)
Developing Web Parts and Controls (21%)
Developing Business Logic (19%)
Working With SharePoint Data (22%)
Stabilizing and Deploying SharePoint Components (19%)

Working with the SharePoint User Interface (19%)

Manage SPSite and SPWeb programmatically by using Visual Studio 2010
This objective may include but is not limited to: creating sub webs, referencing SPFiles, manipulating property bag, when to call Update, referencing SPContext, SPSite, SPWeb, SPSite.OpenWeb, SPWeb.Webs, feature activiation and deactivation.This objective does not include: trivial cases such as setting title and other loose properties of the objects
Implement a dialog by using the Dialog Framework
This objective may include but is not limited to: Create dialogs from JavaScript or from server side, display dialogs
Create a custom ribbon object
This objective may include but is not limited to: adding custom actions to the ribbon, customizing groups, customizing tabs, customizing the existing ribbon
Customize navigation programmatically
This objective may include but is not limited to: TopNav bar, quick launch, custom actions
This objective does not include: custom menu controls, custom site map providers
Create and apply branding to a SharePoint site
This objective may include but is not limited to: applying custom master pages to content pages and application pages, placeholders, page layouts, programmatically working with themes, deploying CSS, CSSlink, ScriptLink.This objective does not include: graphic design, creating a CSS

Developing Web Parts and Controls (21%)

Create Web Parts
This objective may include but is not limited to: including properties, controls using Render vs. CreateChildControl, life cycle, visual, standard Web Parts,
This objective does not include: trivial case where developer uses Visual Web Part project template
Create connectable Web Parts
This objective may include but is not limited to: Implement consumer/provider interfaces
Debug Web Parts
This objective may include but is not limited to: ULS log, and event log, debug.log tracing, developer dashboard
Create and implement delegate controls
This objective may include but is not limited to: overriding existing controls with lower sequence, developing and using .ascx files

Developing Business Logic (19%)

Implement a custom workflow in Visual Studio 2010
This objective may include but is not limited to: work with inititation data or association data to create a SharePoint task, extend a workflow imported from SharePoint Designer 2010, use a HandleExternalEvent and CallExternalMethod to interact with a custom local service, work with inititation data or association data in a site workflow, corelation token
This objective does not include: trivial cases such as workflows with no custom actions, initiation data, association data.
Create a custom workflow action
This objective may include but is not limited to: create a custom SPD action, create and add a custom activity to a Visual Studio workflow, define an action.xml file
Create and implement event receivers
This objective may include but is not limited to: accessing event properties, list, item, site, email, avoiding recursion, cancelling events, choosing synchronization state
Customize Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
This objective may include but is not limited to: creating a content type that inherit from appropriate parent, creating and implementing a custom publishing field control that is page mode aware, activating a master page programmatically including token usage
This objective does not include: page layouts, formatting
Create, implement and debug a Timer Job
This objective may include but is not limited to: configuration, programmatic scheduling, queueing, attaching debugger to the Timer service
Create and modify Business Connectivity Service model in Visual Studio 2010
This objective may include but is not limited to: create a BDC model in Visual Studio 2010, define insert, update and delete methods, create and read items, make data searchable
Manage Users, Groups, Permissions
This objective may include but is not limited to: SPGroups, SPUser, permission inheritance, all securable objects, SPRoleDefinition, SPRole, SPRoleAssignment

Working With SharePoint Data (22%)

Access list data by using the Server object model
This objective may include but is not limited to: SPQuery, LINQ, SPList, SPSiteDataQuery, schema management, working with a query Governor, create LINQ query that includes a join statement, SPQuery Vs. SPSiteDataQuery
Access SharePoint Data by using WCF Data Services
This objective may include but is not limited to: WCF ListData.svc, RESTFUL URLs conventions, create and use a client service reference
Access (CRUD) data by using the Client Object Model
This objective may include but is not limited to: Javascript, .NET, Silverlight, Build Silverlight User Interface for SharePoint using Client Object Model, Query data by using CAML over the Client Object Model in Silverlight, non data API (site, web, list, access)
Work with documents programmatically
This objective may include but is not limited to: SPFile, SPFolder, SPVersion, upload document and set meta data
Work with the meta data
This objective may include but is not limited to: Access data from user profiles, taxonomy, folksonomy
Extending SharePoint Search
This objective may include but is not limited to: creating a custom query using full text query or keyword query, customize the look and feel of the search result using XSLT
Implement and debug code that executes in an alternative security context
This objective may include but is not limited to: create code that uses the RunWithElevatedPrivileges delegate (including debugging), create code that uses the System Account, create code that impersonate a different user
Create and modify a custom content type
This objective may include but is not limited to: declaratively and programmatically creating and upgrading content type using Visual Studio 2010, modifying an exisiting content type, site columns

Stabilizing and Deploying SharePoint Components (19%)

Manage a solution in Visual Studio 2010
This objective may include but is not limited to: modify the contained features in the solution, add an assembly that is not included in the visual studio solution, manage mapped folders for localization, sandbox and farm solutions, customize manifest.xml
Manage a feature by using Visual Studio 2010
This objective may include but is not limited to: upgrading, localizing, versioning, developing features, feature receivers (activating and installing) that interact with their parent object, customizing feature.xml
This objective does not include: features without elements
Store and retrieve configuration data
This objective may include but is not limited to: App config, web config, persisted object, list, xml, file system, cookies, property bag
Create a site definition by using Visual Studio 2010
This objective may include but is not limited to: feature activation, site provisioning, localization
This objective does not include: list definitions and modules defined in ONET.xml, SharePoint Designer
Manage SharePoint object life cycle by using the Dispose API
This objective may include but is not limited to: SPWeb, SPContext, IDisposable, Try...Catch...Finally, using blocks
Develop, debug, and deploy sandboxed solutions
This objective may include but is not limited to: APIs that are allowed or not allowed in sandbox, use a full trust proxy