MCPD Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-549): Designing and Developing Enterprise Applications Using the Microsoft® .NET Framework (Certification Series)

by Shawn Wildermuth, Bruce Johnson, Brian Lanham, et al.

EXAM PREP GUIDEAce your preparation for the skills measured by MCPD Exam 70-549—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735623384
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.5" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

MCPD deserves the five stars rating

If you want to make MCPD exam, Microsoft certified professional developer then you should pass through the MCPD Self-Paced Training Kit by Microsoft authors, which will surely pave the way for you to achieve the knowledge you need to become a professional windows or web developer. No matter what type of test you want to make whether VB.NET or C# the kit will guide you in step by step lessons that will really drag you from the world of nothing to the new world of professional software developer. Actually as I achieved huge success by getting MCPD, I rated the kit with 5 starts as it deserves the five stars rating; now I recommend the book for all of you.

A very good colection towards certification

I purchased this book for Microsoft certification guidance. (As there aren't many good books in portuguese). I'd rate it 4 starts, because it's a really good book. They usually start with easy³ stuff, as adding forms and stuff like that. But they go deeper as you read the book. I do recommend it.

Better than first impressions

At first, while skimming through the pages I thought this was a much lower quality product than some of the O'Reilly books I had read. But after reading and doing the exercises I realized that Microsoft is spot on. They have a good approach to teaching which is going by: "Understanding rather than Knowing" and by giving you the opportunity to manually test everything yourself to integrate the concepts. I believe this is the only right way to teaching stuff. Plus, it allows to do the certifications at a tenth of the price the courses would costs.

The book helps you to be on the right track

Some previous reviews say the book is not sufficient. The question is. Do you really think you can buy a book, read it, practice it and make the highest web application certification exam ? It does not seem to be logical does not it ? The 70-547 exam contains also areas from "architect" point of view. So I want to say you have to have the basics already in your blood. The book is very good.

Easy to read

I like this book because it is easy to read and I believe it has enough information to pass the exam