Exam Ref 70-483 Programming in C# (MCSD) 1st Edition

It is a wonderful book. Concise examples include important concepts. For example, I have used LINQ for many years, I just know there are two different queries. The where clause is a kind of extension method etc. The flaw of the book is that there are too many erratas. But it is still a book I would like to recommend. I would like to rating it as 5 stars.

While reading this book I enjoyed getting introduced to a lot of features in C# which I didn't try before and I think will help me be more productive. It makes me love C# and .NET more.I don't think this book is for newcomers to C# or new to programming in general.I didn't take the exam yet but I feel this is not enough to pass the exam.While reading this book I did search for the mentioned topics on MSDN and other sources just to be more clear on things and maybe see more examples.Even though I'm not new to programming the book got me confused. The organization of this book is so confusing.So what I did now is I read the book for the first time doing some highlights and notes and then I will do a second read on the topics which needs to be read one more time.

A wonderful supplementary study resource, but by no means a primary resource. Before I write too much, I am a junior dev with 2 years of C# under my belt, and failed the 483 exam after reading this with a 679/1000 (need a 700 to pass).The book is formatted in a way that is great for studying the exam. The chapters are relevant to the topics suggested to study on the site and is rich in content and examples. I was able to read the book cover to cover relatively easily in chunks, certainly not a book I would want to power study in 1-2 days.As for the bad, the general portion of the examples have no real world context. Although the code will compile, often the examples have no purpose. Perhaps this is to cut down on the size of each example, but richer examples would definitely help during the learning process. I don't have any specific examples in mind, but I remember the sections with async/await, events, and trace/debug being particularly weak. The end of each chapter has a thought experiment to apply what you have learned, and three questions per chapter to test your knowledge.When I said secondary resource, what I meant is that even at several hundred pages, the book still feels too shallow to have a firm understanding of the language that you would need to pass the exam. It's great for brushing up on topics, or seeing a bit of syntax, but I feel that for the time on the MSDN, or for a similar cost having a pluralsight course for a month and using their path. Once I am done with this exam (hopefully second time is a charm) I will most likely never read this book again.

I have found the book helpful and understandable. It explains the basics of the language quite well. The author explained the complex topic of threading well and provided good examples of the use of thread techniques.

I have completed reading the fist objective (1.1) and the information is concise and compact. The information given gives a good overview and examples on how to use some of the libraries within the .NET for C#. The Thought Experimental questions are well thought out and gets the gray matter going. I have gone to the MSDN site to get more in depth detail information on library items that I have not used before, such as the Task, BlockingCollection<T>.The only gripe that I have would be to have exercise questions where you have to actually apply the knowledge just learned. Not a step-by-step exercise where the author tells you what to enter. This is why I give it four stars.Otherwise, I will look forward to learning somethings about C# and .NET that I haven't picked up in the past 5 years of using the language.

I've been studying to learn C# for the past few months and practicing along the way, I read this to prepare for 70-483 exam, and it's great!! Love the questions at the end of each section, seem more realistic compared to other books. With the help from the book, it has made a huge difference in my thought process for writing code now. I'm now able to write with faster processes and cutting down on the length of my code.

This book was sort of helpful but there are lots of mistakes and its definately could be better. I went through the book multiple times. This along with lots of pluralsight videos allowed me to pass the certification exam the first time. This book by itself is not nearly enough to pass the test. Supplement it with other sources of information.

This is one of the worst programming language books I ever bought. Unfortunately there is not much choice if you need a book that covers the 70-483 test. If you don't already know the material, be prepared to read the book in front of your PC so you can research online what the author meant or missed or forgot to explain, whenever needed... which will be a lot of times.