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MCAD/MCSD Training Guide (70-306): Developing and Implementing Windows-Based Applications with Visual Basic.NET and Visual Studio.NET
by Mike Gunderloy
List Price: $49.99
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ISBN: 0789728192
Publisher: Que (02 December, 2002)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 16,459
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
The author deserves great praise
I'm not an industry insider and have no involvement in the making of this book, my aim was to understand the contents of the curriculum for the 70-306 exam and obviously to pass (which I did, first time)
This is a great book, it's exceptionally well structured, it's full of thorough and well thought-out exercises. Every single step is detailed (nothing is omitted) and you will learn much, not least, how to use Visual Studio properly.This book has very good review questions and a sample exam at the back which are really useful in getting you to think in a '.Net way' do not skip these they are important. If you wish to understand .Net windows forms programming to a sufficient degree to pass the 70-306 you will not regret investing the time in reading this book. One reviewer reviewed the wrong book (he/she reviewed the one on Asp.net) another said that this was very poor and disappointing, an opinion which in my view is unsustainable particularly since he gives no fair explanation of why he was driven to give a damning verdict.
I emailed the author a couple of times about some things and he was very quick and generous in his replies. There are errors but there is an errata and any programmer who is aiming to become a .Net MCSD will be able to figure out why something isn't compiling.
I can safely and happily recommend this book to anyone who is serious. I supplemented reading it with the Transcender exam simulations and I found them extremely helpful too.
Rating: 5 out of 5
The author deserve great praise
I'm not an industry insider and have no involvement in the making of this book, my aim was to understand the contents of the curriculum for the 70-306 exam and obviously to pass (which I did, first time)
This is a great book, it's exceptionally well structured, it's full of thorough and well thought-out exercises. Every single step is detailed (nothing is omitted) and you will learn much, not least, how to use Visual Studio properly.This book has very good review questions and a sample exam at the back which are really useful in getting you to think in a '.Net way' do not skip these they are important. If you wish to understand .Net windows forms programming to a sufficient degree to pass the 70-306 you will not regret investing the time in reading this book. One reviewer reviewed the wrong book (he/she reviewed the one on Asp.net) another said that this was very poor and disappointing, an opinion which in my view is unsustainable particularly since he gives no fair explanation of why he was driven to give a damning verdict.
I emailed the author a couple of times about some things and he was very quick and generous in his replies. There are errors but there is an errata and any programmer who is aiming to become a .Net MCSD will be able to figure out why something isn't compiling.
I can safely and happily recommend this book to anyone who is serious. I supplemented reading it with the Transcender exam simulations and I found them extremely helpful too.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Very Helpful for Passing the Exam
While I found the Web Applications book to be a better treatment of the exam material, this book was complete enough to play a significant role in my having passed the exam. The only other product I used was the Transcender practice exam. With the Web Applications book, I was passing the practice exam every time, starting with the first time, after finishing the book. With this book (Windows Applications), I did fail the practice exam a couple of times before I started passing. However, to be fair to the author, my wife did have a baby during the time I was studying, so maybe that distracted me a little... :)
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