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User-109465405 posted

Hello gang, I have been working with asp.net and C# since December coming from a 2 year background in PHP. I have developed and deployed my first db driven asp.net intranet site for my company and have read "Build Your Own ASP.NET 2.0 Web Site Using C# & VB" by Cristian Darie (which I will add is an excellent book for newbies). I would like to continue my learning and work toward taking one of the microsoft certification exams in 10-12 months or so (do you think this is a reasonable time frame??). I am wondering which book should I pick up next? With the 3.5 certification tests coming, I believe I should focus my learning in that direction. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

User-514194766 posted

i think if u worked hard it will be more than enough and if u want to improve your skills try working on some community projects (www.codeplex.com)

wish u a good luck ;) 

Answer 2

User-1853252149 posted

I'd look at ASP.NET 3.5 Unleashed, by Walther.  You're going to want it as a reference anyway.  Professional ASP.NET 3.5 by Wrox is also good.  O'Reilly has a book out, Building a Web 2.0 Portal With ASP.NET 3.5, that looks really good but I haven't gotten into it yet.  Omar Al Zabir, the author, has stuff out on CodeProject that is really good, though some of it is over my head still.  :)

None of these will help you with the exams, and most employers don't seem to care about the certifications anymore anyway.  Too many people got them without actually knowing how to do the work, so employers rarely use them in hiring decisions.

Jeff

Answer 3

User-109465405 posted

thanks for the responses. I am going to check out "Building a Web 2.0 Portal With ASP.NET 3.5", the reviews look good and the concept sounds interesting.

Cheers!

Answer 4

User-514194766 posted

there are plenty of books here http://www.asp.net/community/books/ read about them and the buy the one that will help more