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Summary: A good book for exam
Comment: This book explains about the most used classes on .net framework, and explains the most common methods, properties, members and enumerations. You can't use this book alone to pass the test - you must supplement with another book.
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Summary: SECOND EDITION - STILL ERRORS!!!!!
Comment: Simply unbelievable. For those of you who have not heard, the "first edition" of this book had a ridiculous number of errors in it. In fact, I originally had a copy of it from my work, and I had to print off the errata (list of corrections and fixes) and it was OVER 60 PAGES. Yeah, it was really fun trying to read the book on one side of my desk, and having a 60+ page document on the other side trying to find all the errors and bad code examples.....so anyway, I bought the "second edition" from Amazon. While it looks like the 60+ pages of errors that were found in the "first edition" were all corrected, there ARE STILL MORE OBVIOUS ERRORS IN THE BOOK. I cannot express in words how amazing this is to me. Did ANYONE with a technical background actually proof-read this book the first time? If not, shouldn't someone have done it before printing a second edition that was made because ONLY because there were 60+ PAGES OF ERRORS in the first edition? This to me is inexcusable. And how Microsoft could put their stamp on this book is baffling.
Anyway, other than the errors, the book is fine.....it just makes it hard to read this book for an exam, because can you really trust the content 100%? I say no. And, to top it all off, this (to my knowledge) is the only book out there for the 70-536 Exam. Good luck.
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Summary: Corrected Version
Comment: Despite the harsh reviews, including one from one of my co-workers, I went with this book for 70-536 preparation simply because there isn't anything else out there. I was waiting on Amit Kalani to come out with his highly anticipated book, but I'm starting to wonder if that will ever see the light of day.
In any case, it seems that this book has had corrections made to it since the earlier reviews. I've noticed that more recent printings have a slightly darker cover and that the errata listed at Microsoft's website has been corrected in the book. I could find no mention of a 2nd printing on the inside cover or anything else to suggest a reprint. This doesn't make up for the missing content but does at least make me feel a little better in that I don't have to constantly reference the 33 printed pages of errata while reading.
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Summary: Not the best .NET 2.0 framework textbook - to be generous
Comment: Some of chapters (specially at the beginning of the book), are quite good and I found interesting information in them. But the rest are very poor, and can do more harm, than good to one who reads them.
Some code snippets, even if they work, are very good examples how you SHOULD NOT WRITE programs.
I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone, who doesn't have some experience in .NET programming and expects to learn from it. But it is quite good reference for the exam. I don't think, you will be able to pass exam using this book alone (unless you know .NET so well, you don't need any book to pass it :-)).
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Summary: Effective as an exam study tool and for learning key .NET topics
Comment: I purchased this kit (book and sample tests) primarily as a study guide to prepare for the 70-536 exam. Due in large part to this kit, I was able to pass the exam on my first attempt. Beyond being a great tool for exam preparation, the book provided a great deal of information and "how to" details for key .NET topics. I do agree with a few other reviewers that there are some topics covered in the actual exam that are not addressed in the kit. I recommend this product to anyone preparing for the 70-536 exam.
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