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| MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-529): Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Distributed Application Development (Pro-Certification) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Bill Ryan, Shannon Horn, Mark Blomsma
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 768
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.6 x 2.4
ISBN: 0735623325
Dewey Decimal Number: 005
EAN: 9780735623323
ASIN: 0735623325
Publication Date: October 25, 2006
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Product Description
Announcing 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 mostincluding 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 answersincluding 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 vouchermaking this kit an exceptional value and a great career investment.
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 Lots of errors February 9, 2007
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
There are many, many errors in this book.
I question whether it is about .NET 2.0 at all. One whole section relates to calling web services in .NET 1.x (Beginxxx and Endxxx) which is NOT posible in .NET 2.0 web services (unless you reconfigure it manually, which is not explained). It looks like it has been cut-pasted from the 1.x book. Then they start to rant on about .NET 3.0 and WCF??? What is the book REALLY about??
They have overly complicated some topics and overly simplify others. Showing masses of code does not help people learn, unless it is explained. Most of the chapters seem to be out of order. They introduce a topic and then show some code, where large parts of the code are not explained until a later chapter.
They also use lots of references to web sites. This is a cop-out, they need to explain things not just give web links.
The authors 'Real Life' sections escape me too... some of these have no relationship to anything covered in the topic at all. One in particular was something like 'hey, I did this project and then learnt about Web Services, so they are really cool' ??? What the ???
Also, considering the book was written bypeople who are not even MCTS qualified... I am not surprised that the book is junk.
Get the book if you are only interested in the exam, but otherwise, find something better written if you actually want to learn about the technology.
 Pretty decent book that covers distributed technologies in .NET environment March 24, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Having worked in distributed technologies in mostly Unix based environment for about 15 years and about 2 years in .NET, I thought it is a good idea to see how the technologies compare in both the cross-platform environments. So that was my original motivation to buy this book so I could gain/reinforce my knowledge in .NET based distributed technologies and compare it to Unix cousins.
As I kept reading the book, I was bit intrigued and figured may be I should appear for exam for the kicks.
I must say they did a very good job of it though there are multiple errors in the book and also in the question bank (for e.g., most of WSE related questions were based on WSE 2.0 as opposed to WSE 3.0). And some of questions were even duplicate. Though at times it was irritating, it did not stop me from making progress, however. Basically, it forced me to refer to MSDN articles and .NET 2.0 documentation.
If one wants to be knowledgeable in these technologies, one needs to supplement the information in this book with the following material:
1. Programming .NET Components, 2nd Edition by Juval Lowy -- an excellent book for asynchronous calls, delegates, remoting and security
2. Expert Service-Oriented Architecture in C# 2005 -- excellent book for Web services and WSE 3.0
3. Pro MSMQ (Microsoft message Queue Programming) by Arohi Redkar et al. -- Excellent book for MSMQ 3.0
Of course, nothing to beat hands-on experience as mastering these technologies is not a trivial effort at all.
Anways, the exam had 40 questions and about 160 minutes to finish it. Passing score was 700 (I have no clue how they calculate this score). I got a score of 858 though I must admit it was lot of hard work and patience.
Yes, I recommend this book as it is the only game in town. I could have rated it 5 stars if they QA'ed the contents a bit more and that is a shame.
Good luck with it.
An Excellent Certification Reference December 18, 2006
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
I purchased this book for the certification exam preparation and found it quite useful and worth the cost. Sarah Morgan wrote this book in a typical Microsoft Press certification books style with emphasis on topics along with labs, pointers and multiple choice questions for specific guidelines.
In the beginning, author provides the intent of the exam; every exam objective is discussed and referenced with the corresponding section in the book, something unique to this new breed of certification titles. The book starts with the basics of creating an XML Web Service and gradually the level of sophistication in the book increases with topics like "Extending XML Web Services with SOAP Formatting, Custom Headers, and Extensions" and "Configuring and Publishing XML Web Services". In the remoting section, author discusses Creating and Deploying Remoting Server and Client Applications in quite detail in accordance to exam objectives. Further on, Method Invocations and Event Management with .NET Web Services and remoting are discussed in two separate chapters.
The final section of the book discusses Web Services Enhancements 3.0 in Client and Server Applications, security, messaging, routing, serviced components and their management. I was hoping to see a Windows communication foundation addendum and extension to the existing distributed communication design however it's not provided. This book is overall an excellent reference to the exam and in my opinion, so far the best available reference book available on this topic in the market.
 Not Enough Info March 3, 2007
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
I am disappointed in the level of detail that is provided in this book. The book is divided into three areas, web services, remoting, and serviced components. The book did not spend any time on windows services. The remoting and serviced components chapters were weak.
Fortunately, I was able resort to another book in my library entitled, "70-320 Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Visual C#.Net and the .Net Framework" by Amit Kalani. That books provides a wealth of information on windows services, .Net remoting, and serviced components. You should start there, then read this book.
Then, download WSE 3.0 from MSDN and review all the sample applications after you read Chapters 9, 10 and 11 in this book. The samples will help you understand the various WSE 3.0 security scenarios. Pay attention to the comments in the samples. They are helpful.
Also, download the WSE 3.0 Hands on Lab and review it as well. Be careful with Lesson 1, Advanced WSE 3.0 Messaging. This lesson describes how to implement an soap smtp transport for messaging. It advises you to use your smtp and pop servers. It works. However, when the soap smtp service reads your pop account, it deletes all your emails, because its downloading them to your very weak sample client. Use an account that does not have important emails in it.
Finally, after you read the chapters on serviced components, refer to Amit Kalani's book again (referenced above). His discussion on serviced components is far more informative.
Very weak book March 7, 2007
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have to agree with the previous reviewer on all counts. Compared to the two other MCTS books I've read (app dev foundation, windows forms) this one is very poorly structured. There are obvious holes in the code examples given, and they often trickle a code example out bit by bit and never show you the in tact code. I'm a professional developer and I would not recommend this book for anyone wishing not only to get a certificate, but to actually deeply understand the concepts and be able to REALLY use them on the job. Until better prep books for this exam are available, I recommend heavy use of MSDN while you are making your way through this book to fill in all of the gaps. (Some chapters are better than others)
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