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Microsoft Press |
| Author: |
Sarah Morgan, Bill Ryan, and Shannon Horn |
| Hardcover: |
739 pages |
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Experience with VS 2005, OOP, and SQL Server |
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This kit is designed for a developer that plans to take the MCTS exam 70-529. The book assumes that you are comfortable working with the Visual Studio IDE, are familiar with object oriented programming, and have worked with SQL Server. The book is well laid out for someone studying for the MCTS exam. At the time of the writing of this review, this is the only book designed for the purpose of preparing you for the the 70-529 exam.
The book is broken up into the following areas. Each area coincides with a main learning objective. Read More..
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Microsoft Press |
| Author: |
Matthew Stoecker and Steven Stein |
| Hardcover: |
765 pages |
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Beginner through Advanced
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This is an excellent way to prepare for the 70-526 exam. This training kit had all of the things that I expect from a training kit. It includes a 765 page book and a CD with the text of the book in pdf format, the code samples, and test preparation software.
The book thoroughly covers developing client applications with .NET 2.0. Each chapter starts with an overview and exam objectives being covered in the chapter. To tie together the theoretical with the practical, the authors made liberal use of screenshots, code, and practice labs describing the concepts and showing the reader how to complete the task that is associated with the concept. Chapters are broken up into lessons and each lesson concludes with questions to answer. The answers are in the back of the book.
The end of most chapters provide a good overview of the material and are a good way to determine if you have learned the material. They have the following:
- Chapter Summary - an overview of the main concepts covered
- Terms - New terms introduced in the chapter that the reader should be able to define
- Case scenarios - for the reader to complete
- Suggested Practices - tasks for the reader to complete
The CD included in the kit contains exam prep software with 300 questions. The software can be configured to simulate a certification exam or can be configured for study. In the study mode, numerous test parameters can be configured such as number of questions, lessons covered, and time allotted. Click on read more for a more detailed description of what is covered in the book.
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| Author: |
Joel Murach and Anne Boehm |
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841 pages |
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Beginner to intermediate
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This is an excellent book for entry to mid level ASP.NET developers. It is a well written book with good examples including the development of an online store. I was extremely impressed by the previous Murach book I had read, "Murach’s Beginning Visual Basic.NET", so I was slightly disappointed when I read this one. Note that my disappointment was based on my extremely high expectations and not because the book was bad. Quite the contrary, it was a good book to get someone up to speed quickly on ASP.NET. I just wish they had included the objectives and exercises which I found so useful in the other book. I guess I can't be too harsh about this because very few books include these. Read More..
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