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Build real-world programming skills—and get ready for MCP Exams 70-305 and 70-315—with this official Microsoft study guide. Work on your personal pace with the training and hands-on exercises to learn to build Web programs using Visual Fundamental .Internet and Visual C# .Internet. Then extend your expertise through additional skill-building exercises. While you gain working experience with essential Web design tasks, you’re also planning for MCAD or MCSD certification for Microsoft .Internet.

Learn to:

• Use Microsoft ASP.Internet to construct Web Forms programs
• Create user services, including user input, localization features, an internet-based help
• Access and modify data with Microsoft ADO.Internet
• Build and reuse custom Web controls
• Manage application appearance and behavior with style sheets and XML
• Configure security measures for Web programs, including authentication and authorization
• Make sure debug coding errors
• Deploy programs for your server or hosting service
• Maintain and optimize programs

Your package includes:

• NEW—60-day evaluation version of Microsoft Visual Studio® .Internet 2003 Professional Edition on DVD
• Comprehensive self-paced study guide that maps towards the objectives from the final exams
• NEW—Expanded coverage on associates, occasions, unmanaged code, COM, and installation programs, along with a new chapter on caching
• NEW—150 challenging practice questions about Compact disc. Test yourself by exam (70-305 or 70-315) or by individual objective(s). Choose the amount of questions and timed or untimed mode. You receive automated scoring and detailed reason behind both correct and incorrect solutions.
• NEW—20-question interactive game
• NEW—300+ modified and examined code samples and labs for Visual C# .Internet and Visual Fundamental .Internet
• Learn-by-performing exercises for abilities you are able to affect the task
• Fully searchable e-book

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Since their introduction, the MCSD certification exams happen to be with excitement received by VB developers who consider certification extremely important for their professional credibility.

Developers are usually specialists–they have a tendency to complete exactly the same type of programming again and again. The MCSD exam is specific at technical generalists–designers acquainted with an extensive variety of Microsoft technologies and development approaches which are integrated into Visual Fundamental. Using its comprehensive summary of core technology areas, MCSD in a Nutshell is the best study guide and resource to assist designers master technologies which are less familiar for them. Actually, its thorough overview of Visual Fundamental-related development technologies also makes this a great tutorial for experienced VB developers who would like to wake up to speed on speed on some technology that they work rarely, if whatsoever.

Most certification books are actually lessons in disguise. In comparison, this book concentrates on the advanced subjects about which designers are really examined around the exam.

Subjects include:

• Understanding COM
• Creating ActiveX Code Components
• Creating ActiveX Controls
• Creating and taking advantage of ActiveX Documents
• Creating Internet-Aware Programs
• Testing and Debugging
• Integrating Assist with a credit card applicatoin
• Optimizing a credit card applicatoin
• Package and Deployment
• Integrating Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)

Incredibly, most certification books seem to think that the readers doesn’t have prior knowledge about VB programming. In comparison, this book assumes medium difficulty to advanced programmer who’s worried about being familiar with each one of the core technologies that are handled by test. And in contrast to some certification books, MCSD the bottom line is is compiled by a writer that has effectively passed the certification exams.