MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET: Developing … Basic .N

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1. Comment by Jaideep Bhosale — March 11, 2010 @ 4:29 am

   The subject matter is well explained and the book prepares you for the exam very well. The labs for the chapters and the chapter review are very good. To pass the exam, you may need some additional reading though, as the exam is tough. The practice exam that ships with the book has a different format then the real exam but it does help. After reading the book I feel like I really know XML Web Services & Server Components.
   Rating: 4 / 5

2. Comment by Jeremy R. Bushell — March 11, 2010 @ 6:33 am

   Judging by the positive reviews, this book must have some merit but it is certainly not in the quality of its writing or its accuracy. Perhaps the editor was reassigned to Longhorn duties. Here are some examples of what you can expect in the first two chapters:

   “A COM+ component exists in three states: exists and activated, exists and not activated, and nonexistent.”

   “The pool objects are not destroyed even after their release from the client application. COM+ retains the destroyed object in the pool for recycling…”

   ” If the value of the CanStop property is set to False, the SCM does not pass the Stop command to the service application.”

   It’s main value to me is as a syllabus. You can use it to direct your search for better explanations on MSDN and, of course, everyone should have Troelsen’s “C# and the .NET Platform” which is the best textbook I have read. Ever.
   
   Rating: 1 / 5

3. Comment by Anonymous — March 11, 2010 @ 9:22 am

   It’s a good reference but not enough for passing!

   I think MSDN palys a great role (90%) if you really want to pass the exam.

   You need at lease 1 year experience with VS.NET,.NET and last but not least XML/XSL/Schema.

   Learn as much as you can regarding Remoting, COM, COM+ and transactions.

   I passed the test a week ago
   Good Luck
   Rating: 3 / 5

4. Comment by Anonymous — March 11, 2010 @ 10:11 am

   I passed 70-320 with ease. This book was the only book that I referred. Ofcourse, no one resource will suffice for this exam. I supplemeted this book with MSDN help. One major difference between this book and the other Microsoft Training Kits for MCAD is that this book provides explanation to the correct answers to the sample questions in the accompanying CD.
   Rating: 5 / 5

5. Comment by Daniel C. Roth — March 11, 2010 @ 11:01 am

   While some chapters are readable, others are very poor (remoting) and some examples just do not work.
   Rating: 1 / 5

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