MCSD Visual C++ Desktop Applications Study Guide

By Syngress Media Inc.

This study guide covers 100 percent of the exam objectives for the MCSD Visual C++ exam 70-016. The CD-ROM features interactive exams linked directly to the book text. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072121343
• ISBN13: 9780072121346
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Computing McGraw-Hill
• Length: 679 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 2.5" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Great Book

This book is very useful. I find it easy to read and understand. I passed the exam from reading this book.

Decent Exam Prep.

This is actually a farily good exam prep- there are a few errors, bu they seem to be identified well on the publishers website. I thought the book mapped pretty well to the actual exam. Obviously the more experience the better, but i do think this showed me a couple things I wasn't certain of.

Provides Some Help

I thought this book, while not perfect, was still fairly valuable in prepping for the MCSD exam. This is a difficult test, and the more studying, research, etc, the better.

Helpful Book

I'm satisifed with this book- I used it to supplement my hands on training with vc++, and actually solidified some things I was unsure of. It tracks well with the Msoft exam.

This book is worth a look, but not as single source of info

I passed my exam after buying this book and reading it cover to cover. This book did go over everything MS claimed was on the certification test, but the actual test required a much broader and deeper understanding of MFC, COM, ADO, MTS and general programming know how. I could not have passed the test with the knowledge gained from this book alone, but I did learn some interesting and useful information that I directly applied on the job. I gave this four stars, partly because 3.5 stars aren't an option and because this book did what it promised. Without directly giving out exact test questions it delivered as much as could be expected. It has a nice assessment mechanism included on the CD that you can use to grill yourself a couple of times before rendering it worthless through raising your "test IQ".The point is, while this book is very full of information, if you are not very familiar with a particular aspect of the test then take the time to learn it through actual programming. Cramming and memorizing facts will not be enough.