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2.0 out of 5 stars
Disapointed!, 3 July 2005
This review is from: MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Microsoft® .NET Core Requirements, Exams 70-305/70-315, 70-306/70-316, 70-310/70-320, and 70-300: Microsoft ... 70-310/70-320, and 70-300 (Pro-Certification) (Paperback)
I bought this Kit for the MCSD exams but I was disapointed with the content. I was expecting far more information and better presentation, especially from a book that is recommended by Microsoft. It will by no means be enough for you to pass the exams so I'd recommend instead of spending around £100 to get this Kit, buy a few good quality books on each subject. It might come a bit more expensive, but you stand more chances of passing this way.
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good for certification, 1 Aug 2004
This review is from: MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Microsoft® .NET Core Requirements, Exams 70-305/70-315, 70-306/70-316, 70-310/70-320, and 70-300: Microsoft ... 70-310/70-320, and 70-300 (Pro-Certification) (Paperback)
I have used these books plus some practice exams to pass certification. For this end they are perfectly sufficient. It is true that they are not as in-depth as the free documentation but the documentation is difficult to navigate around. The layout in these books is excellent for speed-reading/skimming/revising the night before an exam. These books will never be far from my desktop if only to fend off trivial questions from colleagues. I don't plan to buy any other .NET books now but to rely upon Google and MSDN.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
4 books with a time limited copy of Visual Studio 2003 and the code from the books., 5 Nov 2007
This review is from: MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Microsoft® .NET Core Requirements, Exams 70-305/70-315, 70-306/70-316, 70-310/70-320, and 70-300: Microsoft ... 70-310/70-320, and 70-300 (Pro-Certification) (Paperback)
Very good set that must be supplemented with practice questions.
My set has 2 second edition books that I cannot fault (they were Web Forms and Windows Forms). The other 2 books (XML Web Services and Project Analysis) were first editions.
In the first edition books I found the C# code samples to have missing declarations and missing "using" statements. There were other typos too. In many cases I had to look at the VB code to locate missing lines. I'm guessing that the C# code was ported from the VB code.
If you are doing the VB exams, take my rating to be 5 stars.
I have passed all the exams here but recommend that, like me, you find as many practice questions as you can.
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