Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 005 EAN: 9780735623323 ISBN: 0735623325 Label: Microsoft Press Manufacturer: Microsoft Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 768 Publication Date: October 25, 2006 Publisher: Microsoft Press Sales Rank: 37223 Studio: Microsoft Press
Product DescriptionAnnouncing an all-new Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) Training Kit designed to help maximize your performance on Exam 70-529, the exam for the new MCTS: .NET Framework 2.0 Distributed Applications certification. This kit packs the tools and features exam candidates want most—including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and a robust testing suite. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and troubleshooting labs for skills and expertise that you can apply to the job.
Focusing on distributed application development, this official study guide covers topics such as creating XML Web services; configuring and customizing a Web service application; creating, configuring, and deploying remote applications; implementing asynchronous calls and remoting events; implementing Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 3.0; creating and accessing a serviced component; and using message queuing.
Ace your exam preparation and ramp up quickly on using the .NET Framework for distributed application development by working at your own pace through the lessons, hands-on exercises, and practice tests. The CD features 425 practice questions and a flexible test engine with pre-assessment and post-assessment capabilities. Choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives or chapters, and get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including pointers back to the book for further study. You also get a 90-day evaluation version of Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 and a 15 percent exam discount voucher—making this kit an exceptional value and a great career investment.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Terrible
Buy it used for no more than $10 (or don't buy at all), and only if you are preparing for exam. The book is terribly written, hard to read, labs hardly cover the material in chapters. It is VERY unprofessional.
Rating: - Microsoft Please Proof Read Your Sample Codes
I was cruising reasonably ok on the first few chapters and quite forgiving for the few typo and bugs on the sample codes. But somehow as I went deeper towards the later chapters on WSE 3.0 the errors become more pervasive that I lost my appetite. Now, I am not sure whether I should rely on the practice test to past the exam.
Rating: - Filled with errors - Does not prepare you
This book really is very bad. Lots of the code samples
will not compile in C#.
I originally gave this review two stars. But after reading
all of it, I gave it one. The worse author is Shannon Horn,
who asks easy questions and is very verbose. He repeats the
same questions asked in previous questions.
Also, the C# samples have lots of bugs, syntax errors, and a
lot will not compile. Not to mention that lots of
the explanations do not cover ... Read More
Rating: - This book isn't good
Ok, it covers most of the topics.
But yikes, it repeats itself all the time instead of at least try to get a little depth. I wouldn't recommend it. Only if you are a real beginner.
Rating: - Disappointed
especially the chapter about Web Services Enhancements is so poorly written. Many mistakes, wrong pictures and unexplained examples. Very disappointed.
- Terrible
- Microsoft Please Proof Read Your Sample Codes
- This book isn't good
