McAd Developing and Implementing Windows-Based Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic (R) .Net and Microsoft Visual Studio (R) .Net Exam Cram 2 (Exa

by Kirk Hausman, Ed Tittel, Kalani Kirk Hausman, et al.

Provides information on developing and implementing Windows-based applications by using Windows Forms and the Microsoft .NET Framework. This book features test-taking strategies, time-saving study... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789728990
• ISBN13: 9780789728999
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Que
• Length: 502 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

the best for 70-306 exam

I was taking 70-306 exam, helped by this book. This is the best reference, it covers everything and the tests are brilliant - they help you a lot. But this book is not for beginners in VB.NET, you should know VB.NET before starting reading this book. {MCAD/MCSD Visual Basic(r) .NET(tm) Windows(r) Applications Study Guide (Exam 70-306) (Paperback) by David Panagrosso (Author), Kenneth Lind (Author), Larry Chambers (Author), Lyle A. Bryant (Author)} is for beginners, but it doesn't help you to pass the exam. I sincerely recommend this Exam Cram to everybody how wants to pass 70-306 exam.

A very Good Companion in Preparations for Exam 70-306

This certification study-resource formed part of my revision portfolio for Exam 70-306 (Windows-based Application Development with VB.NET). it carried its weight as a comprehensive reference for Exam 70-306. it is light on a couple of topics ie: WindowsPrincipal viz:the System.Security.Principal Namespace, XML ,Interfaces viz:the IDisposable interface and such. but all in all after reading it and more importantly after doing the 2 chapters worth of past questions at the end of the book, i felt ready for moving on to the next phase ie: tackling past questions. what i liked about this book : - it is a comprehensive read at 345 pages -(the 2 Testing chapters non factored) - there are exam questions after every chapter, relating to that chapter - there is a CD with questions set in an application that simulates the exam room scenario. - Answers with explanations are provided with every question featured in the book. - The CD comes with a .pdf, e-version of the book. However, i cant impute all 5 points of credit for a successful turnout at the exam to the book alone . you'll need somthing more. I bought the companion book authored by Mike Gunderloy from Que press ISBN: 0789728192. it made a fine addition vis-à-vis getting hands-on practise and grasping the finer programming points of the exam. at first, I did'nt have any programming experience in the VB.NET area, i had but basic VB5.0 knowledge, ample VBA knowledge and a whole lot of heart to learn & take this certification. So, if you are starting out and are wondering if this book is for you vis-à-vis your exam 70-306 aspirations, I'd champion the idea with but a small proviso. depending on where you are on the previous programming-experience scale, i'd say you'd do well to buy the companion book to this certification-study resource and go to work. no better way to learn to do with this programming language than to get stuck in. Print out the Exam Topic objectives and Delve into things Objective by objective, picking-at the hands-on labs u need , to form your quintessential knowledge & experience reserve/repertoire. I Coupled with my reading experience: the following references, but the Mike Gunderloy sister book to this exam cert-resource was all i really needed: - Dietels: Simple Visual Basic; ISBN 0131405535. - Programming Visual Basic.NET; ISBN:0735613753 - 101 Visual Basic.NET Applications; ISBN:0735618917 Modus: go chapter by chapter in the ExamCram2 book doing the hands-on labs. finish these and review the sister book for anything extra u might need to know. Delve into the other books resources, the Visual Studio help and the Web, for clarification Re: deeper topical elements. Upon completion, move to exam past questions. downloading samples from Braindump's (133 question-set) , Transcender's (150 question set) and Testking's (114 Question set). Finish these properly and u are set. Ace the exam's (38 questions within 160 minutes) . For the exam ie: to pass at th

One of the Better Exam Crams

If you're taking the 70-306, this Cram is a must. It covers a LOT, much better than other Crams I've used (SQL Server 7, VB6, Windows 2000). I have an MCSD and MCDBA and am now going for MCSD.NET, so I've been through the ringer of books and prep software... this Cram is a winner. Read it ALL and do all the practice questions and you will be way ahead (no one book does it all). I did pass this morning with a 900, so I was quite eager to let folks know how much THIS Exam Cram book helped. In fact, the examples in the book are a great reference when starting to build your library of procedure samples for VB.Net.

Enough to Pass the Exam

I passed 70-306 by using this book and the Transcender practice tests. I would not recommend this approach if you have never programmed Visual Basic before. I have been programming Visual Basic 6 for about 3 years and started with this test because I was comfortable with windows programming and Visual Basic. Please do not use this book to learn VB.NET since it really only covers the material necessary for passing the exam.I believe this book will teach you enough to pass the exam, but I think that the people who take the exams like to pass with room to spare. I would suggest some supplementary material that exposes you to what this book doesn't. That's where the Transcender tests came in for me. I used them to fill in any gaps.I found the book easy to read. Most of the chapters are short (10 - 20 pages), easily digestible pieces, which I prefer. There are a couple of longer chapter that present a lot of information in tables, which I do not prefer. I understand that there is always going to be some memorization involved in tests like these, but I found myself having to refer back to those tables after I read them. I think programmers work that way. A table is for reference, not for memorization. I would like to see someone come up with a better way to present that kind of material.Again, if you are new to Visual Basic and object oriented programming, do not buy this one right away. Learn more about VB.NET first and then buy this to pass the test. If you are a seasoned programmer with VB experience, get it along with practice tests. I can recommend Transcender, but then again, those are the only kind I have used.Good luck on the exam!

just for certification purpose

As it claims itself, this book is not meant to teach you anything new. It is just meant for preparing you to pass the exam. Actually I feel that this book is a summarized version of Mike Gunderloy 's book on 70-306. If you want to learn, then you should go for that book. But if you aleady know the stuff and you just want to pass the exam, then this is the book for you. I did the same. I am an experience professional and I did not need to learn new things on Topics related to this exam, so I just read this book and passed.The real good thing about this book is the 2 sample tests that are given at the end of the book. The total questions are 120 and to my amazement, I got almost 80-90 % similar questions in my exam.So the bottom line is that if you already know the stuff and just want to prepare yourself typically for the exam, this is your book. But beware, U MUST KNOW THE TOPICS RELATED TO THIS EXAM ALREADY.