I just cleared the above MCP exam, the exam is my first certification from Microsoft and will be the start of my target to achieving MCAD.NET.
The exam was very useful in certain aspects for me,
- very useful for my job.
- Has good career potential
- Makes u thorough on how things should be done in web development world.
basically the exam deals with all about ASP.NET, the architecture, state management features of ASP.NET, ADO .NET, Caching and optimizing, testing and deployment of Web applications. I used the MS Press Book recommended for this certification and found it quite useful for giving a proper index and clarity of the subject. But I found it lacking in depth. The MSDN is best source for complete information, but it may take quite some time going through it, having some work exp. really helps
the following link points the sections of MSDN you have to go through
http://www.codeclinic.com/70-315skills.htm - an extremely good reference site.
It took me nearly 45 days for getting ready for the exam. I used some sample test papers for checking my progress.
The samples and demos did have a very less no. of questions, but if u really want to go in depth and want to do a complete test go for the one in www.transcender.com , it is good.
And those who are planning to just start a career in .NET with a certification, and who are worried about which language to choose, my advice u can choose C#, even if ur good in VB only it doesn't make much of a difference for this exam.
That's all folks!
All the Best