Here’s a list of sources of information for the different elements that comprise the 70-480 exam:

General Resources

http://www.w3schools.com (As pointed out in David Pallmann’s blog some of this content is unverified, but it is a decent source of information. For more about when it isn’t decent, see http://www.w3fools.com )

http://www.bloggedbychris.com/2012/09/19/microsoft-exam-70-480-study-guide/ (A guy who did a lot of what I did already, sadly I found this halfway through finishing my resources list. This list is expertly put together so I would recommend checking it out.)

http://davidpallmann.blogspot.com/2012/08/microsoft-certification-exam-70-480.html

http://pluralsight.com/training/Courses (Yes, this isn’t free, but if you look at the course listing there is an entire section on HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript. You can always try the trial!)

 

Some of the links I put below will overlap with the other resources above, but I tried to find explanations that looked beneficial to me on links outside those already mentioned.

 

Test Breakdown

Implement and Manipulate Document Structures and Objects (24%)

Create the document structure.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: structure the UI by using semantic markup, including for search engines and screen readers (Section, Article, Nav, Header, Footer, and Aside); create a layout container in HTML

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_new_elements.asp

 

Write code that interacts with UI controls.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: programmatically add and modify HTML elements; implement media controls; implement HTML5 canvas and SVG graphics

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_canvas.asp

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_svg.asp

 

Apply styling to HTML elements programmatically.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: change the location of an element; apply a transform; show and hide elements

 

Implement HTML5 APIs.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: implement storage APIs, AppCache API, and Geolocation API

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_geolocation.asp

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_webstorage.asp

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_app_cache.asp

 

Establish the scope of objects and variables.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: define the lifetime of variables; keep objects out of the global namespace; use the “this” keyword to reference an object that fired an event; scope variables locally and globally

http://robertnyman.com/2008/10/09/explaining-javascript-scope-and-closures/

http://www.quirksmode.org/js/this.html

 

Create and implement objects and methods.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: implement native objects; create custom objects and custom properties for native objects using prototypes and functions; inherit from an object; implement native methods and create custom methods

http://www.javascriptkit.com/javatutors/object.shtml

http://www.crockford.com/javascript/inheritance.html

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1635116/javascript-class-method-vs-class-prototype-method

http://www.javascriptkit.com/javatutors/proto.shtml

 

 

Implement Program Flow (25%)

Implement program flow.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: iterate across collections and array items; manage program decisions by using switch statements, if/then, and operators; evaluate expressions

http://www.javascriptkit.com/jsref/looping.shtml

http://www.javascriptkit.com/javatutors/varshort.shtml

http://www.javascriptkit.com/javatutors/switch.shtml

 

Raise and handle an event.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: handle common events exposed by DOM (OnBlur, OnFocus, OnClick); declare and handle bubbled events; handle an event by using an anonymous function

http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/DOM-Level-3-Events/html/DOM3-Events.html

http://javascript.info/tutorial/bubbling-and-capturing

 

Implement exception handling.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: set and respond to error codes; throw an exception; request for null checks; implement try-catch-finally blocks

http://www.javascriptkit.com/javatutors/trycatch.shtml

 

Implement a callback.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: receive messages from the HTML5 WebSocket API; use jQuery to make an AJAX call; wire up an event; implement a callback by using anonymous functions; handle the “this” pointer

http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-websockets-20110419/

http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/websockets/basics/

http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/

 

Create a web worker process.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: start and stop a web worker; pass data to a web worker; configure timeouts and intervals on the web worker; register an event listener for the web worker; limitations of a web worker

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/Using_web_workers

http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/workers/basics/

 

Access and Secure Data (26%)

Validate user input by using HTML5 elements.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: choose the appropriate controls based on requirements; implement HTML input types and content attributes (for example, required) to collect user input

http://diveintohtml5.info/forms.html

 

Validate user input by using JavaScript.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: evaluate a regular expression to validate the input format; validate that you are getting the right kind of data type by using built-in functions; prevent code injection

http://www.regular-expressions.info/javascript.html

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/66ztdbe6(v=vs.94).aspx

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/typeof

http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/06/safe-html-and-xss/

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/942011/how-to-prevent-javascript-injection-attacks-within-user-generated-html

 

Consume data.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: consume JSON and XML data; retrieve data by using web services; load data or get data from other sources by using XMLHTTPRequest

http://www.erichynds.com/jquery/working-with-xml-jquery-and-javascript/

http://www.webdevstuff.com/86/javascript-xmlhttprequest-object.html

http://www.json.org/

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4935632/how-to-parse-json-in-javascript

 

Serialize, deserialize, and transmit data.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: binary data; text data (JSON, XML); implement the jQuery serialize method; Form.Submit; parse data; send data by using XMLHTTPRequest; sanitize input by using URI/form encoding

http://api.jquery.com/serialize/

http://www.javascript-coder.com/javascript-form/javascript-form-submit.phtml

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/327685/is-there-a-way-to-read-binary-data-into-javascript

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/encodeURI

 

 

Use CSS3 in Applications (25%)

Style HTML text properties.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: apply styles to text appearance (color, bold, italics); apply styles to text font (WOFF and @font-face, size); apply styles to text alignment, spacing, and indentation; apply styles to text hyphenation; apply styles for a text drop shadow

http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_text.asp

http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_font.asp

http://nicewebtype.com/notes/2009/10/30/how-to-use-css-font-face/

http://webdesign.about.com/od/beginningcss/p/aacss5text.htm

http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-text/

http://www.css3.info/preview/box-shadow/

 

Style HTML box properties.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: apply styles to alter appearance attributes (size, border and rounding border corners, outline, padding, margin); apply styles to alter graphic effects (transparency, opacity, background image, gradients, shadow, clipping); apply styles to establish and change an element’s position (static, relative, absolute, fixed)

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/10-css3-properties-you-need-to-be-familiar-with/

http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_image_transparency.asp

http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_background-image.asp

http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/graphics/cssgradientbackgroundmaker/default.html

http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visufx.html

http://www.barelyfitz.com/screencast/html-training/css/positioning/

http://davidwalsh.name/css-fixed-position

 

Create a flexible content layout.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: implement a layout using a flexible box model; implement a layout using multi-column; implement a layout using position floating and exclusions; implement a layout using grid alignment; implement a layout using regions, grouping, and nesting

http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/flexbox/quick/

http://www.css3.info/preview/multi-column-layout/

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/hh673558(v=vs.85).aspx

http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-grid-layout/

http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-regions/

 

Create an animated and adaptive UI.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: animate objects by applying CSS transitions; apply 3-D and 2-D transformations; adjust UI based on media queries (device adaptations for output formats, displays, and representations); hide or disable controls

http://www.bloggedbychris.com/2012/09/19/microsoft-exam-70-480-study-guide/

 

Find elements by using CSS selectors and jQuery.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: choose the correct selector to reference an element; define element, style, and attribute selectors; find elements by using pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes (for example, :before, :first-line, :first-letter, :target, :lang, :checked, :first-child)

http://www.bloggedbychris.com/2012/09/19/microsoft-exam-70-480-study-guide/

 

Structure a CSS file by using CSS selectors.

o This objective may include but is not limited to: reference elements correctly; implement inheritance; override inheritance by using !important; style an element based on pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes (for example, :before, :first-line, :first-letter, :target, :lang, :checked, :first-child)

http://www.bloggedbychris.com/2012/09/19/microsoft-exam-70-480-study-guide/