Build real-world programming skills—and prepare for MCP Exams 70-305 and 70-315—with this official Microsoft study guide. Work at your own pace through the lessons and hands-on exercises to learn how to build Web applications using Visual Basic .NET and Visual C# .NET. Then extend your expertise through additional skill-building exercises. As you gain practical experience with essential Web development tasks, you’re also preparing for MCAD or MCSD certification for Microsoft .NET.
Learn how to:
- Use Microsoft ASP.NET to build Web Forms applications
- Create user services, including user input, localization features, and online help
- Access and modify data with Microsoft ADO.NET
- Build and reuse custom Web controls
- Manage application appearance and behavior with style sheets and XML
- Configure security features for Web applications, including authentication and authorization
- Test and debug coding errors
- Deploy applications to your server or hosting service
- Maintain and optimize applications
Your kit includes:
- NEW—60-day evaluation version of Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET 2003 Professional Edition on DVD
- Comprehensive self-paced study guide that maps to the objectives of the final exams
- NEW—Expanded coverage on delegates, events, unmanaged code, COM, and installation programs, plus a new chapter on caching
- NEW—150 challenging practice questions on CD. Test yourself by exam (70-305 or 70-315) or by individual objective(s). Choose the number of questions and timed or untimed mode. You get automated scoring and detailed explanation for both correct and incorrect answers.
- NEW—20-question interactive game
- NEW—300+ revised and tested code samples and labs for Visual C# .NET and Visual Basic .NET
- Learn-by-doing exercises for skills you can apply to the job
- Fully searchable eBook
