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Summary: A good resource but must be supplemented by other material
Comment: Any book that intends to give an overview of something as large and varied as the [...] framework is going to gloss over some areas. This was no exception. It did provide a fairly detailed overview of security (over 150 pages in total).
Since I used this book to study for the exam I (extensively) used the practice cd that comes with the book to test myself as I read (and re-read) chapters.
As others have mentioned there are several typos in the book and exams. There are several questions which are frustratingly ambiguous and there are (at least) two answers which are absolutely incorrect. The editor needs a performance review...
I thought that these questions would appear in the final exam and if I could memorize them then I would pass the exam. Wrong. NONE of the questions in the practice exam were in my final exam. In fact, there were questions in the final exam that weren't even covered in the book (yes, I went back and checked...). I passed the exam only because I had familiarity with the subject from my hands on experience as a developer and from (lots of) extra research on google i did away from the book.
The moral: You can't use this book alone to pass the test - you must supplement everything you learn in this book with your own investigation and hands on practice. You have to know your stuff to pass the exam. And if you're serious about being a developer this should be a problem...
Good luck!
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Summary: Ya soy MCP
Comment: Es una ayuda imprescindible para el examen. Obviamente, tambien pesa la experiencia, pero la verdad es que el libro me guió muy bien.
Muy recomendable para quien desea dar el examen 70-536 o profundizar acerca de todos los aspectos del framework 2.0
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Summary: Extremely Poor Editing
Comment: This book seems to cover all the necessary topics for the 70-536 exam, but the errors/typos are totally unacceptable. This is probably the most poorly edited book I've ever read. Repeated paragraphs, copy-and-paste errors, code that doesn't compile....you lose confidence in the book and when something doesn't make sense, I find myself wondering if I don't understand the concept or if it's just another error.
Again, if you can get past the errors, the book does cover all of the necessary topics.
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Summary: Passable at best
Comment: This book is better than nothing but there is a lot of room for improvement regarding quality. It went a long way towards helping me pass the 70-536 exam. This book has an alarming number of typos in it, tends to gloss over some important items, and is missing some key exam items. I bought this because I didn't want to wait months and months for other resources to become available. If you can wait I suggest you do.
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Summary: Good book, 15% off voucher, and software inside
Comment: In my humble opinion this is very good book. I didn't take the exam yet so I don't know if it works but after reading over the 50% of this book I can surely say that the way this book is written is the one of the best (for me of course :) ) there are some typos but I can surely recomend it to all who wants to learn new MS technology and of course who wats to take the 70-536 exam :)
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