Maximize your performance on 70-562, a required exam for the new Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 ASP.NET Application Development certification. This all-new, 2-in-1 SELF-PACED TRAINING KIT includes the official Microsoft study guide, plus practice tests on CD to help you assess your skills. It comes packed with 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 customizable testing options. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and troubleshooting labs for the skills and expertise you can apply to the job. Work at your own pace through lessons and lab exercises. Focusing on ASP.NET application development, the study guide delves into how to create a Web site, add and configure server controls, customize a Web application, work with ASP.NET AJAX and client-side scripting, use ADO.NET and XML with ASP.NET, work with data-bound controls and DataSource objects, write services, implement authentication and authorization, and create ASP.N ET mobile Web applications. Then assess your knowledge using more than 300 practice and review questions on the CD, which features customizable testing options to meet your specific needs. Choose timed or untimed testing modes, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers including pointers back to the book for further study. You also get a trial edition of Microsoft Visual Studio(r) 2008 software and an exam discount voucher making this kit an exceptional value and a great career investment.

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Could be better organized - 2009-06-03
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I read the book for exam 70-528 first, which is for ASP.NET 2.0. It is nicely written and I am pretty happy about it. This new book for exam 70-562 rearranged some chapters and reformatted the text in addition to adding AJAX and LINQ. In the new book headings, the property names are all upper cases, which are really hard to read. For example, RowStateFilter property is displayed as ROWSTATEFILTER. Also, some examples in early chapters uses the GridView control, which is not covered until Chapter 8. I feel that the key points of each topic could have been better organized.

Very Nice Reference Book - 2009-08-28
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Well, I just took and passed the 70-562 exam. This book was my only written source for the exam. I also looked up things on MSDN once in a while. I found the book to be very well organized and informative, and will keep it as a handy reference on .NET Framework 3.5. I read the entire book and completed most of the exercises and answered all the questions at the end, though I didn't complete the suggested practices. If I had, I would have never finished the book.

As far as the test is concerned, if you use this book and nothing else, I can almost guarantee you will not pass the test. A lot of the questions on the test are mostly related to remembering which XML configuration tags to use for specific situations. The questions at the end of the chapters on this book are good but will not help you on the test. I honestly don't know why the authors do that, but I digress... My suggestion is that you supplement this book with Transcender or MeasureUp. I used Transcender and some of the questions on the test were similar to the questions on Transcender, but not many. I didn't use MeasureUp so I can't comment on how effective it is. I had previously taken and passed the 70-536 exam and Transcender was of great help, that amount of help did not apply to exam 70-562.

70-562 is way harder than 70-536. The former had 50 questions, whereas the latter only 40. They give you 3 and a half hours to complete the 70-562 test so that should give you some idea.

I wish you good luck because you are going to need it.

Good product - 2009-05-24
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I don't read it to the end, but the first 8 chapter was very very good, books published by Microsoft press is always fantastic.

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My Own Review - 2009-10-23
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A must for All you .Net web developers out there - 2009-07-11
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This book is really "self-paced", it suits you right well from the most basics stuff (normally not taught other in other books).
And it structured in a way that you won't need to spend much time on reading since the explanation are quite simple and straight forward.

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