MCAD/MCSD Training Guide (70-315): Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Visual C# and Visual Studio.NET

Customer Reviews

If you want to pass the test, this is a great place to start. If you read and study the book from cover to cover and work all the exercises, you might be able to pass the test with this book alone, but probably not. You have a much better chance of passing if you get some real world hands on experience, read the referenced resources, do additional research from the Visual Studio .NET Combinded Collection and take several simulation tests.

The end of chapter questions were good but many were simpler than you might expect on an actual test. The CD that came with the book has sample code for the exercises and a practice test from PrepLogic. Although useful, the PrepLogic test was not the best I found.

One thing that frustrated me was that I was unable to do some of the exercises because of the default security settings for ASP.NET. I felt like those issues should have been discussed earlier in the book. There were also several errors in the book. Most were not serious. But because of these issues I decline to give a full 5 stars.

Bottom line. I passed the test the first time using this book.

In fact, using this certification guide, a SAMS intro book, and the Transcender exam, I passed after having only 5 months experience TOTAL with .NET (Microsoft recommends 1 year).

One thing I can say is that while this book teaches you almost everything you would want to know about ASP.NET, you can expect to do some extra digging if you want to pass the exam. I definitely needed the Transcender exam too (also see http://codeclinic.com/70-315skills.htm).

Main weak spots of the book: Web User and Custom Controls especially as they are registered and manipulated within .aspx markup and too little depth on the more obscure methods and properties of ADO.NET and Sql Server managed provider objects.

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