how to start fo MCSD.NET?

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I have decided to go for MCSD.NET. I will take exam 70-305 as my fist paper. Please help me in deciding how to start and also in searching good books and other study materials.
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A really good starting point is www.asp.net - it has everthing you need to get you started.
www.amazon.co.uk is one of the best resources for books. I would suggest that you search for the course heading, i.e. '70-305' rather than 'ASP .NET'. That way you will get books specific to the course.

 

When starting out in MCSD, is there any particular order or structure in which exams should be taken?

 

ok.. well basically ive just started out in a developer role.. and currently im working with html, scripting, asp.net and a lot of xml, xslt... what exam best reflects this area? which one would be best to start with.. also i want to go down the c# route as well, so do u kno any good books for entry-level on this ? Thanks..

 

Basically you need to decise on which platform you want to work with - Web (70-305) or Windows (70-306) - that's VB.NET mind, the codes are different for C# - and I would start there. You then need to do XML (70-310) and after that it's a matter of picking your electives...

 

I Think it is better to study the Microsoft Press Book and do some smaple questiol papers like

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There's a little bit more to it than that I'm afraid.
You may want to get your hands on an IDE to have a bit of a play with.
Visual Studio is a bit pricey. Visual Basic.NET is reasonable and MS are giving away the 2005 express editions.
There are some free ones on the interweb too, such as Webmatrix.