I'm starting on this book for the MCTS Exam 70-562 and i'm wondering if there are people around that can describe their feeling on how to work through this book most efficiently. Is the content in this book hard to understand? Is it a book that just requires you to do the excersises etc and then go for the exam? What are , in your opinion the best practices regarding working through this material? And how hard is the test that follows after finishing the book?
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I have not taken this exam.
But, generally it is always better to practice writing code, rather than just reading a book.
Shiraz Bhaiji
2010-02-08 12:19:12
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If you have read the preface / Intoduction of this book, or any of the certification track(programming related) It is clearly written that:
"We Assume that you have 2 years of experience for building Windows / Web based Applications "
This is for a reason. The exam and its preparation are kind of revision for the knowledge and skills you gain in two years or more of programming experience. I am not advocating, you cannot pass test, there are transcenders and TestPrep kits available which would help you sail through this.
Another thing, this book alone is not enough for the preparation. You will have to practice a lot more than that and I will recommend getting some good books for Asp.Net and get hold of some small to medium size projects. This will help you more towards your exams.
hope this helps
Asad Butt
2010-02-08 12:48:14
Yep - I passed this exam in Novemeber 2008 based on years of ASP.NET development and 1 year in particular of *commercial* development on ASP.NET 3.5 - no books/courses - the biggest downside I can see from from my approach is that there are some things that I would never do in a real, production environment, that it would appear I should be doing according to the questions in the exams - so as a memory jogging exercise, or checking the "approved" way of doing things it could be useful. I found the best way to learn was through building complex applications.
Zhaph - Ben Duguid
2010-02-08 13:05:39
sTo me these prep books, take you over a long route and make very simple things, complicated. for eg, If one needs to understand generics, it is better to refractor one of modules or see list of SOF discussion(popular ones) than going through prep book chapter
Asad Butt
2010-02-08 13:09:52
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Younes, Im on the same situation as you are. I started reading it and focused on units where I have more difficulty or I didn't know as much as others. But I recommend to practice more, put hads on. Another good resource is www.asp.net to cover specific topics.
I hope this helps!
And If you take the exam let us know how it was :D
MRFerocius
2010-02-08 12:54:43
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Hi there.
I would read the book and, in conjunction with that, do the practise projects from it. Also get involved with some open source projects (if you're not working at a dev company where working on an ASP.NET project is an option). Check out places like SourceForge and CodePlex.
The one thing you want to avoid is passing the exam and then working for someone who expects you to know your stuff, only to find that you simply worked through the training kit to build up your experience. You really need hand-on experience to back up the training, else it's you who will be loosing out in the end.
Cheers. Jas.
Jason Evans
2010-02-08 12:55:16