Prepares reader to develop distributed (modular, multitier) applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and to pass the new MCSD exam #70-175. Covers developing conceptual and logical design, deriving the physical design, establishing the development environment, creating user services, creating and managing COM components, creating data services, testing the solution, deploying the application, and maintaining and supporting the application. Provides exclusive tear-out Cram Sheet with tips, acronyms, and memory joggers (mnemonics) to improve recall immediately before the exam.
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Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) candidates interested in passing the Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6 exam (70-175) will benefit from studying Exam Cram: Visual Basic 6 Distributed. With its reasoned explanations of central concepts and its excellent review questions, this book will help you solidify your knowledge of Visual Basic 6 for the test.
Exam Cram: Visual Basic 6 Distributed systematically works through the details commonly encountered on the exam and organizes itself around the Microsoft Solutions Framework Application Model. While the review offers some information on configuring the Visual Basic 6 development environment, it goes into much more detail on user interfaces (including user services, client-side Web interfaces, and ActiveX controls). The book also explores the Component Object Model (COM) objects used to define business logic and then details the implementation of data structures on the back end of a distributed Visual Basic application.
Since it is an exam preparation manual, Exam Cram: Visual Basic 6 Distributed includes some practice questions similar to those appearing on the exam. Each chapter wraps up with sample questions, and the book concludes with a 57-question sample test.
Like all books in the Exam Cram series, this one features helpful explanations with the answers to its sample questions. These explanations help you correct the thinking that leads to errors, rather than merely recognizing errors when you make them. --David Wall
About the Author
Michael Lane Thomas, (Olathe, KS), MCSE+I, MCSD, MCT, Microsoft Certified Sales Specialist (MCSS), A+, is a consultant for Solutech, Inc., a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider Partner and Technical Education Center. He holds 7 Microsoft certification titles, has passed 25 Microsoft certification exams, and is certified to teach 28 Microsoft Official Curriculum courses. He holds the distinction of being one of the top 30 Microsoft certified computer professionals in the world.
Dan Fox (Overland Park, KS), MCSE, MCSD, MCT, is a consultant and instructor for Solutech, Inc. He specializes in the architecture and design of web based applications using Microsoft Technologies. He has published articles in the Visual Basic Programmer's Journal and has spoken at the Developer Days conferences in 1997 and 1998.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent small book survey of 70-175,
By Dr. Robert C.A. Goff, MCSD, MCSE, MCDBA "Coun... (Blacksburg, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: MCSD VB6 Distributed Exam Cram (Exam: 70-175) (Paperback)
Most reviewers agree that Thomas and Fox have produced a terrific book for this exam. It covers the daunting breadth of the exam material in a manner that is perfectly suited for review and pre-exam cramming.Alone, this book will get you through the exam IF you are an experienced VB 6 developer AND you have worked a fair amount in distributed applications. If you are primarily a desktop developer, are experienced only in VB 5, or are newly attempting to master distributed applications development for this exam, you will likely need additional resources. It is true that if you memorize this book, you will probably pass the exam, but that expectation is unrealistic if much of the material is new to you. My suggestion for exam candidates who are not already immersed in VB distributed development is that you first read one of the "big" exam books, to gain more comfort and understanding of the unfamiliar technologies, then use this Exam Cram to solidify the concepts and fill in the gaps. You may need to focus on component technology, COM and DCOM, in greater depth than is provided in this or most other exam study books. For that, both "Programming Components with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0", by Eddon & Eddon (Microsoft Press), and "VB COM", by Lewis (Wrox), are ideal and very readable. Since nearly every paragraph of this highly condensed book could be material for an exam question, it is unlikely that you will see more than a fraction of it on the exam. But "the exam" implies that there is a single exam, which is not the case. You will sit down to a randomly selected version of the exam, with its own selection of covered material. If you stumble into an adaptive version of the test, then its initial questions may determine your fate. WEAKNESSES: A small number of technical errors or ambiguities may require you to find clarification elsewhere. They are usually easy to spot. In general, this book has relatively few errors for the genre. The chapter on application design could use more depth. Treatment of MTS will probably get you through related exam questions, but is inadequate for useful MTS development. ADO coverage is adequate for the exam only if you are already familiar with the technology. Each chapter could use a few more sample questions, though the few that are provided accurately reflect the nature of questions on the real exam. STRENGTHS: For a book of this size, this is a nearly perfect review summary. Its tear-out "Cram Sheet" is well focused and a useful review in the hour prior to taking the exam. Chapter questions employ a simple layout technique that dramatically enhances the effectiveness of the questions. By framing each question within a thin box, the reader is able to easily cover the answer before reading the question. This sounds silly, but without the frame, your eye will see the answer while attempting to locate the end of the question. (Bravo to Coriolis for this! In books with the answers at the back of the book, the correct answers are usually boldfaced, so you see the answers for the next question while reading the explanation of the prior question.) CONCLUSION: An excellent choice for a "small" book. Consider reading a "big" book first, and possibly following up with in-depth material on DCOM.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Buy this Book and Transcender Practice Exams,
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This review is from: MCSD VB6 Distributed Exam Cram (Exam: 70-175) (Paperback)
I took the 70-175 exam yesterday and passed. I used primarily this book, MSDN (gaps) and Transcender exams to study. This book covered all of the topics necessary to pass the exam. I originally bought New Riders MCSD Training Guide to help study 70-175 and 70-176. Although helpful in passing the 70-176 exam, it was a little lite in the items needed for exam 70-175. I would strongly recommend the Transcender exams in addition to this book. They really prepare you for the exam by providing practice exams that are very similar to the real thing. Buy this book and Transcender practice exams.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very good,
This review is from: MCSD VB6 Distributed Exam Cram (Exam: 70-175) (Paperback)
I used this book along with Howard Hawhee's Training Guide and got a 928 which surprised me. The distributed exam that I took was quite a bit simpler than the desktop exam. Thomas is a skillful writer and obviously a master VB programmer. He packs a lot of information in a few pages while still maintaining a friendly, human tone. The tests at the end of each chapter and the big practice test at the end of the book are very valuable in preparing for the real thing. Also, don't pass over the preface to the sample test at the end of the book. It gives good test-taking advise although I was not courageous enough to use his technique of quickly reading through each of the questions before answering any of them. Thomas' book has one thing in common with other good (note the adjective) prep books in that they provide a comprehensive reference that is often superior to the reference books themselves. So this book stays on my shelf.
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