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.netCHARTING Professional
Certification Details:
Certification Benefits:
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A personalized,
framed, certificate and seal recognizing your DNCP accreditation.
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Licensed usage
of the DNCP Certification logo for your site and CV.
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Prominent
listing and profile on the .netCHARTING web site developer
profile page.
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Early access to
prerelease software, samples and documentation.
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Not for
production development licenses of .netCHARTING Enterprise
Edition (both web site and web server versions).
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Direct
developer access and priority support incidents through a DNCP
specific address.
Certification
Costs:
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For those that
pass the certification exam on the first attempt, there is no
cost.
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The exam
registration fee is $100 USD and is fully refunded after a
passing grade is achieved on first writing.
Certification
Process:
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Familiarize
yourself with .netCHARTING by working with the free developer
version. Read the included documentation and review the
provided samples. You should be very familiar and
comfortable working with .netCHARTING before you book an
examination.
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Book your
examination, you will be contacted via telephone for
confirmation.
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Pay your exam
fee, fully refunded on successful completion.
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Sign and return
the exam agreement. This agreement stipulates that you will not
share or discuss the exam contents with any third party and that
it will be completed, without assistance, by you, the registered
applicant.
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Write the exam
in your own development environment, using the tools and systems
you work with on a daily basis.
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Submit your
exam code within the exams allotted timeframe.
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Your exam will
be graded within 3 business days and certification issued on
successful completion.
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Exams may be
taken a maximum of 3 times and different questions will be
assigned on each attempt.
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Passing grade
on first attempt: 80%, second attempt 85%, third attempt 90%
Examination
Details:
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The exam
consists of a number of chart images you must replicate and
submit the code which generates the replicated image.
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You can have
access to all development tools you would regularly use
including Visual Studio.NET, documentation, online resources,
.netCHARTING samples and more. The goal is not to have you
memorize specific syntax but to demonstrate a comprehensive
familiarity with the .netCHARTING product.
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Exams are
randomly created from a pool of chart images and each image has
a fixed time for completion. Total exam time is determined by
summing the time for all chart images included in your exam.
Examination
Guide:
The .netCHARTING examination covers the complete range of features
and usage scenarios for .netCHARTING Enterprise Edition including,
but not limited to:
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Dynamic Data
Acquisition: Creating charts from databases, xml, excel
spreadsheets, data tables and other sources.
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Charting Types:
Creating charts of differing types for specific needs and
populating the appropriate data properties / fields.
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Series Types:
Utilizing specific series types and charts with multiple types
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Customizing
Element Appearance: controlling all aspects of individual
elements on the chart
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Empty Elements:
customization of empty elements
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Calculations:
Calculated elements, series and series collections.
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Line
Customization: customizing all aspects of lines used throughout
the chart
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Label
Adjustments: customizing all aspects of labels used throughout
the chart
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Box Usage:
legend and title box usage and customization.
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Area
Customization: Chart area options and usage
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Markers:
Manipulating markers in use with elements, series, legends and
more
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Annotations:
Creating and customizing annotations
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Axis Markers:
Creating and customizing axis markers
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Template
System: Customizing returned data using templates and binding
specific data sources for obtaining template data
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You should be
familiar with obtaining data from databases and writing SQL
queries.
We thank you for
your interest in the .netCHARTING Professional Certification. If you
have any questions or comments please email
dncp@dotnetcharting.com |
