ASP certifications

hargi

hargi

hargi

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hi,
As part of my work i have to learn either PHP or ASP, this has not been desided as yet,
But i would like to work towards some sorta certificate/qualification just to have something to show for it,
I know that theres a php cert
But i cant find one in ASP even looked on the microsoft website, anyone have any ideas?
TIA
 
The way the MS certification works you have a selection of exams, if you pass one you become an MCP (Microsoft certified professional). You'll be looking at the developing web applications using Visual C# exam

then you can go on towards the MCAD (certified app developer) 3 exams i think
or the MCSD (certified Systems Developer) 5 exams iirc

there are some other tracks towards MCDBA and the infrastructure type ones like MCSE (Certified Systems Engineer);

Paul

edit: there will NOT be a php certificate from microsoft
 
The ASP/VB6 certs are now dead.

The current MS certs for .Net 1.1 Framework (MCSD.Net/MCAD.Net/MCP) are being replaced by the new MCTS (Technology Specialist) and MCPD (Professional developer) exams for the 2.0 .Net Framework.

If part of your work is to learn about "Classic" ASP then you have my condolences - and try and get them to look at ASP.Net instead.
 
Ohhh,
right then So can i do the same thing with ASP.Net that i can do with classic ASP?
I need some serverside scripting, so Which one of them the MCTS or the MCPD would you recommend
 
Yup, ASP.Net is what ASP should have been in the first place (imo).

As for what path/certs to get, that's entirely up to you - they're pretty new so "the industry" doesn't quite know what to do with them. But I know one thing, they're a piece harder to get than the old MCAD/MCSD ones as I've been beta testing some of the exams and they are pretty nasty in comparison. If you achieve either of the new ones you'll know your stuff pretty thoroughly.

The path for MCPD Web Developer (which sounds like it's probably what you want to be doing) is:

MCTS: .NET Framework 2.0 Web Applications - 2 exams
MCPD: Web Developer - 1 exam

More information here:

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/default.mspx
 
hargi said:
Ok from reading im grasping that i can either do asp.net in vb or c#
Which would u recommend
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There's not much to choose between them, just a matter of personal preference over formatting and syntax. I'd probably go with C#, but that's just me - there's no technical reason to go for one or the other, go with whichever's syntax you prefer.
 
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