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MCPD Self-Paced Training Kit (Exams 70-536, 70-528, 70-547): Microsoft .NET Framework Web Developer Core Requirements 1st Edition

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Ace your preparation for the skills measured by three required MCPD: Web Developer exams—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce what you’ve learned by applying your knowledge to real-world case scenarios and labs.

PRACTICE TESTS

Assess your skills with practice tests on CD. You can work through hundreds of questions using multiple testing modes to meet your specific learning needs. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including a customized learning path that describes how and where to focus your studies.

Maximize your exam performance with preparation for:

EXAM 70-536 Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0—Application Development Foundation

  • Use types, collections, generics, and regular expressions to manage data
  • Develop services, application domains, and multithreaded applications
  • Implement code access and role-based security, and data encryption
  • Work with serialization and reflection techniques
  • Instrument applications with logging and tracing
  • Interact with legacy code using COM Interop and PInvoke

EXAM 70-528 Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Web-Based Client Development

  • Create, trace, configure, and deploy Web applications
  • Integrate data into your application using Microsoft ADO.NET, XML, and data-bound controls
  • Implement forms authentication, impersonation, and login controls
  • Configure user controls and create custom Web controls
  • Use themes, user profiles, and Web parts for customizable, personalized Web sites
  • Manage server-side and client-side application state

EXAM 70-547 Designing and Developing Web-Based Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework

  • Evaluate Web application requirements and build a validation prototype
  • Use style sheets, master pages, Web parts, and user controls for a consistent UI
  • Design, develop, and implement application components
  • Develop mechanisms for data access, exception handing, event logging, and application feedback
  • Define, assess, and implement a testing strategy
  • Validate a deployment plan and analyze performance to determine readiness

Your all-in-one kit includes:

  • Official self-paced study guides for three required exams.
  • Practice tests with multiple, customizable testing options and a learning plan based on your results.
  • 1200+ practice and review questions.
  • Case scenarios and lab exercises.
  • Microsoft Visual Basic and Visual C# code samples on CD.
  • 15% exam discount from Microsoft; good for three exams. (Limited time offer). Voucher inside.
  • 90-day evaluation version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition.
  • Fully searchable eBooks for all three guides.

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Key Book Benefits:

-Excellent value: three official study guides--covering the core requirements for MCPD: Web Developer--all in one box
-Comprehensive exam prep study guide written by exam-certified authors
-In-depth coverage of exam objectives and sub-objectives--plus instructive case studies and troubleshooting scenarios to enhance your performance on the job
-900+ practice and review questions
-Test engine that enables customized testing, pre-assessment and post-assessment, and automated scoring and feedback
-Complete objective-by-objective review section, plus a handy exam-mapping grid
-Code samples on CD
-90-day evaluation version of Visual Studio 2005 Professional
-15 percent exam discount voucher from Microsoft (limited-time offer)
-Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking, Second Edition, eBook
-Entire study guide in searchable eBook format

About the Author

Tony Northrup, MCTS, MCSE, CISP, MVP, is a networking consultant and author who's written several Sefl-Paced Training Kits. He is the co-author of Windows Server 2008 Networking and Network Access Protection (NAP).

I am a Microsoft C# MVP and the founder of Wildermuth Consulting Services, LLC, a company that is dedicated to delivering software and training solutions in the Atlanta, Georgia area. I am also a speaker on the INEA Speaker's Bureau and have appeared at several national conferences to speak on a variety of subjects. I am the author of the book "Pragmatic ADO.NET", the upcoming "Prescriptive Data Architectures", both for Addison-Wesley as well as co-author of several certification books for Microsoft Press. I have been writing articles for a number of years for a variety of magazines and websites, including MSDN, MSDN Online, DevSource, The ServerSide .NET, ONDotNet.com and Intel's Rich Client Series. I have enjoyed building data-driven software for more than twenty years.

Glenn Johnson is a trainer and writer focusing on ASP.NET, ADO.NET, C#, and .NET internals. He is author of Programming Microsoft® ADO.NET 2.0 Applications: Advanced Topics.

Brian C. Lanham specializes in developing Windows and Web based applications using the .NET Framework.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Microsoft Press; 1st edition (March 28, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 2880 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0735623767
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0735623767
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.25 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 5.25 x 9.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.4 3.4 out of 5 stars 22 ratings

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Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2008
I am an experienced developer, and used this set to pass the MCPD Web. It should be all anyone really needs.

Everyone is different, by my recommendation is to use the books only for reference. Take the tests on the disk. Then for the questions you get wrong or find yourself guessing - look up the topic. Study for your weaknesses, otherwise anyone with experience working with this stuff is going to be rehashing everything they already know.

I read people complain about how the books don't cover everything, and am at a loss to know what they could be talking about. If you know everything contained in the books or even possess about 85% of that knowledge, then there really is no way you can fail the tests.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2008
I bought the 3 pack of books. I knew each book inside and out, could ace their practice exams. These are NOT good certification books. Most of the questions on the exam are not covered in these books. Maybe it is deliberate that Microsoft wants experience to be how you know the answers because you certainly will be ill prepared if you rely on the contents of these Microsoft Press books to test how prepared you are. I did pass 528 and 536 and I'd say maybe 5 or 6 questions between the two books were related to the reading material and the rest were just things I already knew. The 528 book was probably the best of the 3 with 537 being pretty weak and 547 being horribly inadequate.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2010
An ok book, it has some errors, but it's a good starting point for your certification studies.
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2012
I ordered this knowing that it would be several years out-dated. I was looking for something to teach me the concepts. Not only was I very happy with the material, but the condition was better than I expected and arrived much faster than expected.
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2007
Unfortunately, there really isn't much material out there that covers the MCPD certifications. In fact, based on my brief search, this was the only book that covered it. So it was either get this book or just go off the list of material posted on the Microsoft website. The book does provide three 15% off vouchers and a program of test questions. And for that, it gets the +2 stars.

After that, the material is pretty weak. It's written as-is (kinda ben stein-ish) and the code is confusing to read. I often times have to look at the MSDN equivalent material to get a better understanding of what the author was really trying to say and/or code. But again, what are you going to do? The list that microsoft presents on their certifications page is too vague, you need direction.

You're going to definately need more material to look through outside of what's in the book, but it's a good place to build from. So far I have just taken 1 out of the 3 tests, but I passed on my first time. If you were to use the book as a guide, shouldn't be a problem to do the same.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2015
Excelent Training Kit, i pass the Certification Righ Away
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2014
in its time, this was probably a great set. but now its outdatd.
The description of it never said what frame work it is for so i bought it.
when it came my boss pointed out that its useless because its so outdated that it wont cover 1/2 the questions that will be asked on todays tests.

So make sure you get the correct version.
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2008
These books are great ! with the books themselves, i don't think I would say much about them, coz other reviews already cover most of my opinion.

but i have to say the SHIPPING and handling from Amazon this time is very POOR! when I received these books, one of the book (70-547) was throughly Wet, moldy and Bended. tried to contact Amazon, but no reply....

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ggrosso
1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
Reviewed in Canada on December 24, 2014
Waste of time and money that will not help you get employed.
C. Farr
5.0 out of 5 stars If you want to be a success you need to read these
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 25, 2008
These books are a bit difficult to read but then these are very technical books for technical people. I have read through all books in the series, taken the exams and am a much better developer for it.

The books have an excellent learning scale. Even if you are very experienced you will pick up all kinds of new things. If you want to be a good developer you HAVE to read these books and achieving the qualification sets you a huge advantage over the rest when looks for jobs.

For the other reviewer who didnt understand these books and threw them in the bin - you are exactly the kind of person who should have read them.
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Paul S
1.0 out of 5 stars WARNING: These books are absolute rubbish
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2008
I'm halfway through 70-536 and these books have just gone in the bin, they're completely unusable. Riddled with more mistakes than you'd expect in a first draft, let alone a book that's supposed to have been proof read, these books make an already difficult subject impossible to learn. The final straw came with Chapter 9 (installing and configuring applications). In lesson one we're told in the "Real World" box how the this version of VS reduced a previously 5 hour job down to 15 minutes because there was no typing etc. Only to then spend an hour and a half on a lesson writing the equivalent to a Harry Potter novel. So did they show us the "old" way, or were they lying? I've no idea. Lesson 2 comes along, again, loads more typing, then when you try the exercise, turns out the file you need for it isn't there. What a complete waste of my life - don't waste yours on these books, you've been warned.
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