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(More customer reviews)I Just passed 70-502 this morning with 918/1000. I had to put lot of effort for the last 3 months being a novice in WPF. Finally it paid off.
Pros about this book:
1. The book is nicely divided into chapters and lessons so that reader will have some sense of achievement every day. I could complete 1 chapter in a day roughly and then corresponding exercises in 1-2 days. In total this book can be finished in 25-30 days at the most.
2. Exercises were good and if we do earnestly they would definitely pay off
3. This book gives us a sense about different kind of problems that WPF solves, where as other main stream WPF books some what confuses us. For example Converter, Validators, various Data Binding scenarios are explained in a very clear problem-solution approach rather than just blindly narrating to us.
4. Very minimal number of errors in the C# section
Cons about the book:
1. Striking issue with this book is it doesn't cover all the stuff that exam has. For example no mention of 3D. No mention of Hierarchical Data Templates (I got two questions in the exam), Annotations (I haven't got any in the exam but I heard few got), CSPROJ file entries and other obscure stuff that is hard to get any from any books that are available in the market except from MSDN
2. Even though Localization, Click Once and XBAP Security are covered the questions I got in the exam are beyond what is covered in the book
3. Some of the chapters are very unclear and won't give us a solid foundation.
4. Lesson questions are okay but they are more theory focused. Exam questions are more practical real world problem type.
To be honest with you all, this can help us achieve 80% of passing mark (700/1000). I still thoroughly studied Pro WPF in C# 2008 (MacDonald) cover to cover + read first Nathan for understanding.
I recommend this approach if you are a starter
1. Read Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed by Nathan first (at least first 3 parts until 2D)
2. Then read Pro WPF in C# 2008 (Don't start with this if you don't know what is WPF) cover to cover (Very hard thing but no choice)
3. Read this book one time thoroughly and second time just go through it. It will be enough.
4. Buy and practice selftestsoftware tests. They would be enough. Don't buy any other cheap stuff. I ended up paying to 3 companies but only selftestsoftware tests are kind of useful. They don't cover 100% either but very useful and practical
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