Is this a good time to get C# and .Net 2.0 certifications?...

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Hi friends this is my first post in this forum. I'm thinking in buying some C# and .Net 2.0 books basically a Wrox Box that includes 4 books(C# ASP .NET Framework etc) to prepare myself in order to take some certifications exams. Now my concern is that .NET 3.0 and VS 2008 are comming and probably the 2.0 certifications will be obsolete very soon. Should I spend my money getting these books?..Should I directly buy Net 3.0 books?...Will these .Net 3.0 books be helpfull even if I want to do .Net 2.0 examinations since the 3.0 are not still available? Any help is appreciated even if it is for sugesting any particular books for the examinations. Thanks a lot

Brenda · Answer

With .NET 4.0 coming out you may want to wait or at minimum go with a .NET 3.X set of certifications. I've used Intertech .NET and Java Training and it's always been a great experience. I've also used their .NET Consulting and they've been a life saver.

Javier Andres · Answer

.Net 2 certification is a good idea even .Net3 is comming up since your certification will show knowledge in .Net it can be easy to move in the future to .Net 3.

Brandon Lewis · Answer

Keep in mind that just because .NET 3.0 is going in overdrive that it doesnt mean .NET 2.0 isnt still widely used by the majority of Windows based businesses. And besides much of the stuff you learn in 2.0 can be applied to 3.0. Im sure if you became certified in 2.0 the certification to 3.0 will be a much easier task. With that said in my humble opinion Wrox books are pretty good but check out this post on the training kits for C# and MCTS and MCPD certification. http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Forums/ShowMessages.aspx?ThreadID=26994 The only books I would stay away from if I were you are Sams I bought a Sams book for C# awhile back and it didnt help me learn much of anything. It was hard to follow and the examples were sketchy and didnt seem to flow together from one page to the next. I didnt actually learn class design until I got a C++ book that was a former students book. Anyway remember that just because 3.0 is coming out doesnt mean that your knowledge of 2.0 will be useless. If anything it will be a valuable asset to you when you go to get certified for 3.0.