WPF Certification

Microsoft has a certification exam dedicated to WPF, Exam 70-502: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 – Windows Presentation Foundation. The preparation guide on MSDN can be found here:

Exam 70-502: .NET Framework 3.5 – Windows Presentation Foundation

Skills Measured

The following topics are covered on the exam, as indicated on the exam preparation guide. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each topic on the exam.

• Creating a WPF Application (13 percent)
• Select an application type.
• Different Application Types in WPF
• Application Development Overview (MSDN)
• Configure event handling.
  • WPF Events (MSDN)
  • WPF Beginner's Guide - Commands and Events
• Configure commands.
  • Commanding Overview (MSDN)
  • WPF Commands - A Scenic Tour
  • WPF Beginner's Guide - Commands and Events
• Configure page-based navigation.
  • Navigation Overview (MSDN)
• Configure application settings.
• Manage application responsiveness.
  • Optimize WPF Application Performance (MSDN)
  • Build More Responsive Apps with the Dispatcher
  • Responsive UI's for WPF Applications
• Building User Interfaces (20 percent)
• Select and configure content controls.
  • ContentControl Base Class (MSDN)
• Select and configure item controls.
  • ItemsControl Base Class (MSDN)
  • Items Control A to Z
• Select and configure layout panels.
  • Layout Panels (MSDN)
• Integrate Windows Forms controls into a WPF application.
  • Hosting a WinForms Control in WPF (MSDN)
• Create user and custom controls.
  • Customizing Controls for WPF
• Adding and Managing Content (16 percent)
• Create and display two-dimensional and three-dimensional graphics.
• Create and manipulate documents.
  • Documents in WPF (MSDN)
• Add multimedia content.
  • Multimedia Overview (MSDN)
• Manage binary resources.
  • WPF and Binary Resources
  • Binary Resources
• Manage images.
• Imaging Overview (MSDN)
• Binding to Data Sources (23 percent)
• Configure binding options.
• Data Binding Overview
• Binding Sources Overview (MSDN)
• Bind to a data collection.
• Data Binding Overview - Binding to Collections (MSDN)
• Bind to a property of another element.
• Convert and validate data.
• Validation in WPF
• Configure notification of changes in underlying data.
• INotifyPropertyChanged (MSDN)
• INotifyCollectionChanged (MSDN)
• Customizing Appearance (20 percent)
• Create a consistent user interface appearance by using styles.
• Styles and Triggers in WPF
• Change the appearance of a UI element by using triggers.
• Styles and Triggers in WPF
• Add interactivity by using animations.
• Animation Overview (MSDN)
• Introduction to WPF Animations
• Share logical resources throughout an application.
• Resources Overview (MSDN)
• Change the appearance of a control by using templates.
• Guided Tour of WPF - Data Templates
• WPF Control Templates - An Overview
• WPF Control Templates
• Localize a WPF application.
• WPF Globalization and Localization Overview
• Configuring and Deploying WPF Applications (8 percent)
• Deploy for standalone access.
• Deploy to a partial trust environment.
• WPF Partial Trust Security (MSDN)
• Deploy an XBAP application.
• XBAP FAQ
• Manage upgrades.
• Configure the security settings of an application deployment.

Beta Exam

A beta version of the exam was released in the Dec '07 / Jan '08 timeframe. Here's a blog post from someone who took that beta exam:

Reflections on the WPF Certification Beta Exam