Advanced Windows Store App Development using C#

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Exam 70-485 - Advanced Windows Store App Development using C#

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As of December 2, 2013, this exam includescontent covering Windows 8.1 and Visual Studio 2013.

Develop Windows Store apps (15–20%)

  • Create background tasks
    • Implement the Windows.applicationmodel.background classes; implement the IBackgroundTask interface
  • Consume background tasks
    • Use timing and system triggers; keep communication channels open; request lock screen access; use the BackgroundTransfer class to finish downloads
  • Create and consume WinMD components
    • Create a WinMD component in C#; consume a WinMD component; handle WinMD reference types; reference a WinMD component

Preparation resources

  • Background task sample
  • Windows Runtime Components in a .NET World

Discover and interact with devices (15–20%)

  • Capture media with the camera and microphone
    • Use CameraCaptureUI to capture pictures or video; use MediaCapture to capture pictures, video, or audio; configure camera settings; set media formats; handle media capture events; implement advanced photo capabilities, such as sequence mode, thumbnails, and focus mode
  • Get data from sensors
    • Determine the availability of a sensor (Windows.devices.sensors); add sensor requests to the app manifest; handle sensor events; get sensor properties; determine location via GPS; enable geofencing
  • Enumerate and discover device capabilities
    • Discover the capabilities of a device (for example, GPS, accelerometer, near field communication, and camera)
  • Implement device access
    • USB; Bluetooth; Human Interface Device (HID); 3D printer support; Point of Service (PoS) devices

Preparation resources

  • CameraCaptureUI Sample
  • Bluetooth device support
  • USB device support

Program user interaction (15–20%)

  • Implement printing by using contracts and charms
    • Implement the print contract; create a custom print template; construct a print preview; handle print pagination; implement in-app printing; expose printer settings within your app
  • Implement Play To by using contracts and charms
    • Register your app for Play To; use PlayToManager to stream media assets; register your app as a PlayToReceiver; programmatically implement Play To functionality
  • Notify users by using Windows Push Notification Service (WNS)
    • Authenticate with WNS; request, create, and save a notification channel; call and poll the WNS; configure and implement push notifications by using Azure Mobile Services

Preparation resources

  • Charms work on every screen
  • Play To feature updates
  • Azure Mobile Services for Windows Store app and Android app developers

Enhance the user interface (15–20%)

  • Design for and implement UI responsiveness
    • Choose an asynchronous strategy for your app; implement the Task Parallel library for multi-processor utilization; convert asynchronous operations to tasks
  • Create animations and transitions
    • Apply animations from the animation library; create and customize animations and transitions, including XAML transitions; implement storyboards and transformations; utilize built-in animations for controls
  • Create custom controls
    • Choose the appropriate base control to create a custom control template; style a control through control templates; design the control template to respond to changes in windowing modes
  • Design Windows Store apps for globalization and localization
    • Implement .resw files to translate text; implement collation and grouping to support different reading directions; implement culture-specific formatting for dates and times

Preparation resources

  • XAML user and custom controls sample
  • Globalizing your app (Windows Store apps using JavaScript and HTML)

Manage data and security (15–20%)

  • Design and implement data caching
    • Choose which types of items (user data, settings, app data) in an app should be persisted to the cache according to requirements; choose when items are cached; choose where items are cached (Microsoft Azure, Azure Mobile Services, remote storage); select the caching mechanism; store data by using LocalStorage and SessionStorage
  • Save and retrieve files from the file system
    • Handle file streams; save and retrieve files by using StorageFile and StorageFolder classes; set file extensions and associations; save and retrieve files by using the file picker classes; compress files to save space; access libraries and KnownFolders, for example, pictures, documents, and videos; manage appearance of the file picker; improve searchability by using Windows Index; integrate OneDrive with apps; compare files; manage libraries; secure application data
  • Secure app data
    • Encrypt data by using the Windows.Security.Cryptography namespace; enroll and request certificates; encrypt data by using certificates; revoke file permissions

Preparation resources

  • Files

Prepare for a solution deployment (15–20%)

  • Design and implement monetization features in an app
    • Set up a timed trial; set up a feature-based trial; set up in-app purchases; transition an app from trial to full; implement in-app purchases
  • Design for error handling
    • Design the app so that errors and exceptions never reach the user; application class for global collection; handle device capability errors; handle asynchronous errors
  • Design and implement a test strategy
    • Recommend a functional test plan; implement a coded UI test; recommend a reliability test plan (performance testing, stress testing, scalability testing, duration testing); implement unit testing in an app; simulate in-app purchases
  • Design a diagnostics and monitoring strategy
    • Design profiling, tracing, performance counters, audit trails (events and information), and usage reporting; decide where to log events (local vs. centralized reporting)
  • Evaluate and configure for Windows store deployment
    • Configure app options to submit to store, such as age restrictions, privacy statement, permissions, images, and contact information; create application files, resource files, and application bundles; verify application readiness by using the Windows Application Certification Kit (WACK)

Preparation resources

  • Testing Windows Store Apps
  • Debugging and testing
  • Windows App Certification Kit 3.0

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