Exam Prep Guide Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-536 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. This official Microsoft study guide is designed to help you make the most of your study time. Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to: Use system types, collections, and generics to help manage data Validate input, reformat text, and extract data with regular expressions Develop services, application domains, and multithreaded applications Enhance your application by adding graphics and images Implement code access security, role-based security, and data encryption Work with serialization and reflection techniques Instrument your applications with logging and tracing Interact with legacy code using COM Interop and PInvoke 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. Your kit includes: 15% exam discount from Microsoft. Offer expires 12/31/10. Details inside. Official self-paced study guide. Practice tests with multiple, customizable testing options and a learning plan based on your results. 450 practice and review questions. Case scenarios and lab exercises. Code samples on CD. 90-day evaluation version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition. Fully searchable eBook.
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Second Edition now available!!:
Please note that the second edition of the 70-536 Training Kit is available. Fully updated and revised, the second edition replaces this first edition, and is the one to buy to prepare for the 70-536 exam.
A great example of how to NOT write a study guide:
After having purchased book and used it to study for the 70-536 exam. I can summarized my experience in the following: The book will not be sufficient to pass the exam, and makes for a really bad and frustrating study guide. The authors of the book that have an incomplete understanding of the material. The authors and editors of the book have horrible writing skills. First of all the book is missing much of content from the actual exam, probably about 40 percent. Don't let the books... more info
Study guide for .NET Framework:
I have just started studying for my certification for the .NET Framework and this book is real helpful. It provides me with answers that I was not able to get through school. I have learned some new things that make developing a bit easier now that I have learned about some different approaches with this book.
Good preparation, though not perfect:
The majority of reviews of this book are quite right in that it is a good preparation guide, but the plethora of errors can cause some confusion. Microsoft has posted the corrections for the book, but the best way to overcome the errors is to go through the practice tests and look up questions you feel you are right about. Additional reading is a must and missed questions are the best prompt to guide you to additional resources. While definitely a thick book, the content is extremely detailed. Though... more info
