MCAD/MCSD Training Guide (70-310): Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Visual Basic(R) .NET and the .NET Framework (Paperback)

by Mike Gunderloy (Author)

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This certification exam measures your ability to develop and implement middle-tier components, server components, and XML Web services by using Visual Studio .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework. This exam counts as a core credit toward the new MCAD (Microsoft Certified Application Developer) certification as well as a core credit toward the new MCSD .NET track.

The Training Guide series is the most successful self-study tool in the market. Its teaching methodology is superior. The accompanying CD features PrepLogic testing software, which includes one complete PrepLogic Practice Test with approximately the same number of questions found on the actual vendor exam. Each question contains full, detailed explanations of the correct and incorrect answers.

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This certification exam measures your ability to develop and implement middle-tier components, server components, and XML Web services by using Visual Studio .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework. This exam counts as a core credit toward the new MCAD (Microsoft Certified Application Developer) certification as well as a core credit toward the new MCSD .NET track.

The Training Guide series is the most successful self-study tool in the market. Its teaching methodology is superior. The accompanying CD features PrepLogic testing software, which includes one complete PrepLogic Practice Test with approximately the same number of questions found on the actual vendor exam. Each question contains full, detailed explanations of the correct and incorrect answers. You can also find outstanding Web site support at examcram.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1024 pages
• Publisher: Que (April 4, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789728206
• ISBN-13: 978-0789728203
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8.1 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #858,452 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This will work, September 12, 2003

By A Customer

Let me first say, I was using the Transcender tests to help prepare for this exam and they where totally irrelevant. So be careful. The tests have always been useful in the past, but NOT for this exam. I failed my first attempt.

I liked this book a lot from the moment I started it. Lots of hands-on examples. In fact, most of the book is example based. I went through and duplicated each one on my own PC, which I think is the way to go, rather than just reading it.

I didn't see anything out there that resembles the actual exam questions, but this book gave me the necessary foundation of knowledge to work through the questions. I passed the exam on my second attempt.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Text for the Certification Exam, June 28, 2004

By	Terry Smith "http://terrysmith.net -- http:/... (Little Rock, AR USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is not perfect, but it is the best one you can get in order to prepare for the XML Web Services and Server Components certification exam. That is based on my own experience in using this book and in passing the exam. Mike Gunderloy is a very good writer, and I purchased the book sight-unseen based on the quality of his ADO.NET book that I had previously read. As page one says, "Every objective is covered in this book." Chapter Four covers Basic Web Services, and Chapter Five covers Advanced Web Services. The book also covers .NET Remoting, Windows Services, and Component Services just as much as it does web services which is very important. The "web services" exam, as it is commonly known, actually covers these other topics just as much as it covers web services.

It had been a few years since I last purchased a certification book from Que press, and I can say their quality has improved quite significantly. The format of this book is wonderful. There are plenty of sidebar notes, exam tips, frequent review breaks, step-by-step code examples, review notes at the end of every chapter, and sample review questions. There is also a handy Fast Facts review chapter in the back along with a practice exam.

My only complaint is that I found the .NET Remoting chapter to go on forever. The remoting chapter in Jeff Prosise's Programming Microsoft .NET really pulled the topic together for me. It had been awhile since I used the various XML classes in .NET. I also read Dino Esposito's Applied XML Programming for Microsoft .NET (look up my review on this book) in order to get in-depth coverage of the .NET XML object model. The remoting and web services chapters in this text also helped reinforce everything.

Terry, MCAD and MCSD for Microsoft .NET

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Preparation Material, June 4, 2004

By	Chris (Norristown, Pa United States) - See all my reviews

Just took the exam and passed with 929. I used this book as well as MSDN as a supplement to prepare. I think that the book provides a great foundation for the material. Although it may not spell out the scenarios exactly as you see them on the exam, it gives you the basic knowledge to be able to consider the given answers and logically determine which one is correct. It is easy reading and provides lots of hands on experience in the step by step exercises. This is the second Gunderloy book I've used for exam prep and have been very happy with both. (the other was for Web Apps)

One area I felt the book didn't go deep enough with is configuring security for com+,remoting, and web services. I know I didn't feel as confident in that area on the exam.