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Summary: This is a great book!
Comment: I am a computer programmer; I have 3 years working with .net 1.0 and .net 1.1. This book is exactly what I need to for the 70-536 exam. The books focus only in .Net 2.0. Therefore you must know .net 1.1 to actually understand. Advice: use TestKing, MSDN and this book to pass the exam.
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Summary: excellent
Comment: The book is very good;it's very interesting and open the world of .net programming. Very important for developers.
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Summary: Comprehensive, Thorough Coverage of Exam Objectives
Comment: The MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit covers a wide range of topics, everything needed for the exam. The lesson reviews provide a good way to test your knowledge. Each chapter offers a mix of conceptual material, facts, examples in both VB and C#, and suggestions. Contrary to what another reviewer stated, I found the chapters by all authors very helpful, including those by Bill Ryan. The "rambling" style of his chapters and other chapters in the book actually provide a conversational tone, presenting otherwise dry material in an interesting manner. Overall, the book succeeds in what it was intended to do--provide a thorough, comprehensive review of topics for the exam.
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Summary: Helps with test but quality is terrible
Comment: I used this book to pass the exam. The topics covered on this exam are varied and obscure. This had to be a difficult book to write. However, that doesn't excuse the tremendous and glaring amount of errata. If you look carefully at each chapter, that chapter's author is revealed by the Real World boxes and the writing style. Tony Northrup writes well and covers the material with minimal errors--he gets 5 stars. Shawn Wildermuth writes decently, has more errors and doesn't cover material in great depth--3 stars. Bill Ryan's chapters, well, imagine a smart but poorly organized college student who attempts to write a term paper that was assigned two months ago in one night. It's kind of like that--1 star.
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Summary: Book got me the Exam
Comment: I'll state it plain and simple : this book got me my 070-536 exam.
It is an invaluable tool, simply by the fact that it lists all the topics that come at the exam in one convenient place. Learning from the MSDN documentation alone is impossible. You need a plan that delimits what is to learn for the exam and not.
There are a few typos and such, but it is never 'blocking'. One must always read "actively"; having to keep a sharp eye helps memorizing the content! ;)
CONS :
- There are not a lot of questions at the end of the chapters to test oneself. But it is sometimes sufficient to notice that some chapters have not been understood correctly. There are more questions on the CD though.
- A few topics are poorly explained. More schemas and diagrams and explanations required (the part on evidences in the application domain chapter). But at least the book lists what is to learn. What is not clear enough can be found on msdn or with google, until you find an explanation that "clicks" with you.
PROS :
- In one book, all the topics that you need to cover for the exam
- 15% voucher
- Some chapters are above the others in terms of pedagogy (Configuration Management)
- CD with self-test program (+explanations), very useful.
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