Whether you are an established technology professional or just breaking into the field, knowing which technical certifications are in highest demand can help you grow your career – and your income!. The following list of technical certifications highlight those that are expected to be in high demand in 2011. These results are based on analysis done by the technical recruiting and placement firm, Robert Half Technology and include factors such as hiring trends and feedback from CIOs and other senior executives at firms across the U.S. This list includes a brief overview of each technical certification and links to resources for learning more about them.
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Free training on Visual Studio 2010 and Visual C# 4.0
Although we always recommend live training with access to an expert instructor =) we firmly believe in supplementing that with many of the great free resources that are out there for self-study/reference. A good resource to supplement your learning of Visual Studio 2010 and the …
Chart Web Helper in ASP.NET MVC 3 Beta
If you’re looking for simple ways to add charts and graphs to your .NET applications, check out this article at dotnetcurry.com that provides a solid overview of using the Chart Web Helper in ASP.NET MVC 3. Read the full article here.
Convert VB to C# (or vice-versa)
If you’ve ever found the perfect code sample to use in a project, but found it was written in C# and you need VB.NET or vice-versa, there are several quick, free, easy tools you can use to do your translation for you (assuming you are not bi-lingual or you just don’t have the time to invest in re-writing the code.) Here are a few of the more popular: