MCAD/MCSD Training Guide (70-320): Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Visual C# .NET and the .NET Framework
Author: Amit Kalani, Priti Kalani
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ISBN: 0789728249
Publisher: Que (18 April, 2003)
Sales Rank: 994
Average Customer Rating: 4.36 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Makes difficult material understandable
Do NOT read this book until you've mastered the 70-315 and 70-316 material: then READ IT, MAYBE TWICE.The 70-320 tests "web services and server components." This book gives the reader some pre-requisites, but correctly puts them in the appendix. You really should understand databases (ADO.NET) and the internet (ASP.NET) before mastering the 70-320 material.
Like the other Que MCSD/MCAD training guides, the 70-320 gives the material in an explanation and hands-on format. Do the step by steps and exercises. I can't stress this enough. Read it, make the code work, and then read it again.
Once again, Amit Kalani hands us a well-written book. I am particularly fond of the Exam Tip side boxes and review breaks. This material reflects our new paradigm, and as such it's slower going than Windows and the internet. Consider that unless you are a DCOM or CORBA programmer, "remoting" is going to be new to you. Since managed code is a .NET concept, calling unmanaged code requires learning a lot of new rules. Pay particular attention to chapter 11's Security Issues, a topic worthy of its own 40 hour class.
The Que training guides are an excellent resource, and the 70-320 is highly recommended.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Good but not great and not essential for exam prep
I used this and the exam cram to pass the exam with a 964. While I found this book an excellent resource and read it cover to cover before going on to the exam cram book, I feel you could pass the exam with just the exam cram. I am still happy to have the book because it will be a good resource for real-world development in the future.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Intermediate
I passed the 70-320 with a score of 1024.
As one of the reviews state, the exam tests skills which are broader in scope and all of those are not (cannot be) covered in the book.
I had the advantage of real world experience and I supplemented my knowledge with microsoft help, msdn articles and used MS press for Advanced Web services.
But I would recommend this book definitely to start preparing for the exam as it explains the points clearly and gives a good launching pad for further studies and even if you dont, you still have a good chance of passing the exam.
I would like to praise the author on his excellent presentation of the COM+ services and Interop. Similar Products
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