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

We’re happy to announce that Exam Ref 70-486: Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications (ISBN: 9780735677227) is available for purchase!

If you like, you can purchase it from the Microsoft Press Store. 5/12/2016 update: This book is out-of-date and is no longer for purchase.

Focused preparation for Exam 70-486

9780735677227fPrepare for Microsoft Exam 70-486—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of developing ASP.NET MVC-based solutions. Designed for experienced developers ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Specialist level.

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:
•Design the application architecture
•Design the user experience
•Develop the user experience
•Troubleshoot and debug web applications
•Design and implement security

This Microsoft Exam Ref:
•Organizes its coverage by exam objectives.
•Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you.

About the author:

William Penberthy is currently an application development consultant with RBA, a Microsoft 2012 Partner of the Year and has been working in software development for 25 years. He has participated in the development of more than 115 different software products and has taught multiple college and university programming and software development classes. He has specialized in the Microsoft stack for almost eight years, concentrating on ASP.NET, ASP.NET, MVC, Silverlight, and WPF.