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1) I will be teaching myself in preparation for the MCSD.NET certification
(which is what I did when I acquired my MCSE six years ago.) In a post to
this group earlier this year, it was mentioned that this is quite feasible
if you have the software. Besides Visual Studio.NET and the .NET SDK, what
other software will I need?

2) I left the networking world and have worked the past four years as a
Web Developer working primarily with Active Server Page and SQL 2000
technology. I intend to go the C# route for my MCSD, yet haven't written
any C++ code in over ten years. What kind of prep (as in reccomended
books) should I undertake before plunging into the MCSD specific training
materials?


Thanks,


Paul

"pablo" <pablo_17********@*****yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 1) I will be teaching myself in preparation for the MCSD.NET
certification
> (which is what I did when I acquired my MCSE six years ago.) In a post to
> this group earlier this year, it was mentioned that this is quite feasible
> if you have the software. Besides Visual Studio.NET and the .NET SDK,
what
> other software will I need?

Whatever you plan on using as an elective. Most likely SQL Server 2000. MSDE
can do it, for most questions, but it will take longer as you have to poke
at everything with command line tools. That is not such a bad thing,
however, as you will understand how things work.

> 2) I left the networking world and have worked the past four years as a
> Web Developer working primarily with Active Server Page and SQL 2000
> technology. I intend to go the C# route for my MCSD, yet haven't written
> any C++ code in over ten years. What kind of prep (as in reccomended
> books) should I undertake before plunging into the MCSD specific training
> materials?

The Microsoft prep books are fairly decent in this arena ... IF you actually
run the exercises and code. If you want to simply read, you could be in
trouble. The .NET help files are also nice. You will also want a decent book
on C#; Gunnerson's book is good if you have a good base in coding.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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Think Outside the Box!
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Thanks for the feed back. I appreciate it.

Paul



"Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)" <> wrote
in news::

>
> "pablo" <pablo_17********@*****yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns945E896EE9F0Epablo17yahoocom@216.196.97.13 2...
>> 1) I will be teaching myself in preparation for the MCSD.NET
> certification
>> (which is what I did when I acquired my MCSE six years ago.) In a
>> post to this group earlier this year, it was mentioned that this is
>> quite feasible if you have the software. Besides Visual Studio.NET
>> and the .NET SDK,
> what
>> other software will I need?
>
> Whatever you plan on using as an elective. Most likely SQL Server
> 2000. MSDE can do it, for most questions, but it will take longer as
> you have to poke at everything with command line tools. That is not
> such a bad thing, however, as you will understand how things work.
>
>> 2) I left the networking world and have worked the past four years
>> as a Web Developer working primarily with Active Server Page and SQL
>> 2000 technology. I intend to go the C# route for my MCSD, yet
>> haven't written any C++ code in over ten years. What kind of prep
>> (as in reccomended books) should I undertake before plunging into the
>> MCSD specific training materials?
>
> The Microsoft prep books are fairly decent in this arena ... IF you
> actually run the exercises and code. If you want to simply read, you
> could be in trouble. The .NET help files are also nice. You will also
> want a decent book on C#; Gunnerson's book is good if you have a good
> base in coding.
>