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Summary: A good guide to ASP.NET
Review: Read book, passed test, got job, can't complain.
This book does focus more on teaching ASP.NET than passing the test. I think that's a good thing, but I realize there are different opinions on that subject.
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Summary: Good supplement for exam, not a learning tool
Review: The book is good if it is used as a review tool before the exam. I learned using Wrox's Professional ASP.NET and MSDN. I bought this book to give me hints on what to brush up on. Used like that, it works well.
There are a few hassles- e.g. there is a paragraph on tracing which suggests that pageOutput has to be false for tracing info to go into trace.axd (it doesn't matter, true or false). There are only 100 practice questions on the CD for the 2nd Ed, not 150.
P.s. MeasureUp practice Qs are the best ones, harder than the exam.
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Summary: A fair study guide
Review: The book itself was sorely lacking in some of the test areas, (namely ADO and Deployment) that are required to pass the actual cert test. However, in order to properly prepare for any of the tests; one must also examine other sources of information (such as the MSDN website) anyway. The labs were OK and the practice tests were adaquate and matched fairly closely the conditions of the actual test.
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Summary: A fair study guide
Review: The book itself was sorely lacking in some of the test areas, (namely ADO and Deployment) that are required to pass the actual cert test. However, in order to properly prepare for any of the tests; one must also examine other sources of information (such as the MSDN website) anyway. The labs were OK and the practice tests were adaquate and matched fairly closely the conditions of the actual test.
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Summary: Bad study prep
Review: The demo for vs.net was very useful. Software aside, this book did not meet any of my expectations. I found a number of typos (especially in code examples). But, what really upset me was when I took the test that this book was sopposed to prepare me for only to find that there were a number of subjects that were not even covered in the book. (and I did learn the content of the book very well). Next, none of the questions in the book were anything like what the questions were like on the test. And finally, the practice test , although it was similar to the question format on the ms exam, did not provide any useful feedback! If you are looking to pass 70-315, look elsewhere.
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Summary: Don't by this book if you learn from practice exams.
Review: There is an included sample exam, but the application won't tell you which questions were wrong or give an explaination. The book is reference-like, while the exam is scenario-based. I agree that this book does a really poor job to help prepare for the exam.
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Summary: Too many mistakes/typos
Review: This book has too many errors/typos in most chapters to really be helpful. I frequently had to refer to the sample code on the CD in order to see how to get the programs to work.
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Summary: Somewhat dissapointing
Review: This book was somewhat dissapointing to me. First, there are too many mistakes (yes there is a website that corrects some of them, but not even half of the mistakes). Second, after taking the first test from Transcender, I ran into at least five questions who's subjects were not even mentioned in the book, meaning I failed the test just on those points. While I wouldn't expect the book to go into detail on everything, I would expect that all relavent subjects be introduced. Since reading this book, I have noticed that the book on this subject written by "Amit Kalani" has gotten good reader marks.Good points: I liked the "game" test at the end. I also liked the labs. And to be fair, nothing in that this book covered was a waste. It just doesn't present everything necessary to prepare for the test which is what I would expect this book to do.
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Summary: Somewhat dissapointing
Review: This book was somewhat dissapointing to me. First, there are too many mistakes (yes there is a website that corrects some of them, but not even half of the mistakes). Second, after taking the first test from Transcender, I ran into at least five questions who's subjects were not even mentioned in the book, meaning I failed the test just on those points. While I wouldn't expect the book to go into detail on everything, I would expect that all relavent subjects be introduced. Since reading this book, I have noticed that the book on this subject written by "Amit Kalani" has gotten good reader marks. Good points: I liked the "game" test at the end. I also liked the labs. And to be fair, nothing in that this book covered was a waste. It just doesn't present everything necessary to prepare for the test which is what I would expect this book to do.
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Summary: Poorly written
Review: This is the first time I bought a Microsoft Certification preparation prescribed book and maan am I disappointed. If you are looking for a book to learn ASP.Net, then look elsewhere. I doubt if this book can even be used as a reference book. Poorly organized contents, typos and errors make this book a frustrating experience.
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