MCSD CERTIFICATION TOOLKIT (EXAM 70-483) 1st Edition

I have purchased programming books since 1999. I am a professional programmer with a Masters in Computer Information Systems Management. I have always bought books from the authors in this textbook. Every book has made a huge contribution to my learning and programming abilities. This book is another exceptional example of books that take my skills to the next level. I highly recommend this book to help you with achieving your goals for certification.This book is laid out well. It covers specific testing content. It explains it in a rational and consistent way.I would recommend that you ignore useless reviews that comment on and on about typos and grammar. Yes, those are very important in any sort of publication. However, what is most important to me is the CONCEPTS presented. This book is created in a well-researched and thoughtful way. This book was not "rushed" as some reviewers have erroneously stated. Any typos or errors can be easily resolved with looking at the errata. There's a reason for errata: no one is perfect.Another GREAT book from the authors and Wrox! Thank you.

Of all the programming and certification books I have read over the years I have to commend the authors for doing an excellent job explaining the topics and providing examples. However, they could have done a better job with the test questions/answers. There were many typographical/syntax errors with the questions which would create issues with what they had listed as the correct answers

This book provides very in depth coverage of the test objectives and samples for the Microsoft 70-483 exam. It also provides interesting details to help teach or refresh C# topics. Although I have not taken this exam yet, it looks promising.

***** Edit July-10-2013********I have given up on the printed version of the book. There are now more than 4 pages on the publisher's errata page about the book and more errors being found. After Chapter 5 I decided it just was too much trouble to keep going back to the publisher's website to check for errors when I question something. It would be nice if those who purchased the print version of the book could get a refund or at least a copy of the corrected ebook version.I hope the other book about test 70-483 (MS Press) soon to be released will meet the need.Exam Ref 70-483: Programming in C#******************************************* edit May-29-2013 *****I was contacted (via the comments to this review) by the publisher.The canned Errata replies are being addressed.The code errors have been verified and are being changed in the ebook version.************************************************ edit May-25-2013 *****I submitted these error to the Wrox website via their Errata report page. The replies I received all said:"We are unable to provide help with coding problems. Please consult our Peer to Peer forums at p2p.wrox.com or one of the many other online user communities"So much for submitting errors to the publishers.*********************************************I per-ordred the book from Amazon.I have only completed two chapters and have found three errors (print version).Instead of downloading the sample code I type it from the book.In the last "code lab" you are to write a for loop which will "Count Down by One" (decrement)>The code in the book looks like this:for (int i = 10; i> 10; i~DH)it should readfor (int i = 10; i> 10; i--)The download code is correct.Then you get to the very first question of the first test in the book and the answer key give the wrong answer as correct.Question 1b) myVar = 0; (incorrect answer)d) int myVar = 0; (correct answer)On the same test question 9 the correct answer is not in the key at all.The question reads:How many times will this loop execute?int value = 0;do{Console.WriteLine (value);} while value > 10;a. 10 timesb. 1 timec. 0 timesd. 9 timesThe book gives the answer as:b. 1 time (this would be correct if the code would run)c. 0 times would be closer since the code will not run.the last line of the code should read:} while (value > 10);The authors forgot to use ().~These are the basic fundamentals we have not even got to use of types and I who am new to C# found 3 errors.Further more I expected the "code labs" to be more like "write some code that will do 'x'" instead of just some sample code labeled "Code Lab", maybe in further chapters they are more do it yourself type labs but not at the beginning of the book.I will edit the review as needed.

This book is stuffed with blatant errors to the extent I've never quite seen anywhere before. I was aware of the problem - sort of - based on other reviews, but in the end have bought the book based on the very thorough review by pragmateek (available here, and the full version on pragmateek.com). This review lists tons of errors, but I was swarmed with them before I even encountered the first one mentioned by pragmateek, guess he just skipped the first chapters.Having precious little time to prepare for the exam, you'll end up wasting it trying to figure out which word got duplicated when authors copypasted from MSDN, why they make no distinction between "binary" and "bitwise", and what the hell is the "else if" statement they are talking about. Stay away.

I think it is a good idea to purchase this book if you are preparing for the Exam 70-483.This book definitely covers the topics listed in the Exam objective. It is not one of the bestbooks on learning C# but it is useful in preparing for the exam. Chapter 6 was not goodin my opinion. The most important chapters that references Delegates, Events, Asynchronous Processing, Lambdaexpression could use a little more work.

I like the depth of coverage. The explanations were clearand fairly concise. The examples worked and displayed theexpected principles clearly. Not finished yet, but so far so good.

Just passed the 70-483 test today. I used this book in combination with lots of self study (MSDN and StackOverflow). You'll need to supplement your learning material to pass the test, but overall, this book is a good reference and well organized starting place. I also bought the Exam Ref book. This book proved to be more detailed and better organized. Overall, I'm happy. I picked up some new knowledge of C# and got the concepts I needed to pass the test!