Any Microsoft (or other) certified coding courses worth taking?
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I'm looking into any courses that will help improve my skills as a developer, and ideally show that I am continously working on my education and learning. I was looking at the Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer [^], however it seems to have changed quite a bit from the previous Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD). Any recommendations? I currently code using the microsoft stack, C# ASP.Net 4, Web Forms and looking to start there.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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I'm looking into any courses that will help improve my skills as a developer, and ideally show that I am continously working on my education and learning. I was looking at the Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer [^], however it seems to have changed quite a bit from the previous Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD). Any recommendations? I currently code using the microsoft stack, C# ASP.Net 4, Web Forms and looking to start there.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
This course[^] was very interesting, but might not be your area of interest. Best course I ever followed, even if I include everything I did in university. You'd have to wait till next year if you want a certificate. A course on C# or WinForms sounds lame to me. I like them, but not for a course, which would most likely be the most boring course ever.
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This course[^] was very interesting, but might not be your area of interest. Best course I ever followed, even if I include everything I did in university. You'd have to wait till next year if you want a certificate. A course on C# or WinForms sounds lame to me. I like them, but not for a course, which would most likely be the most boring course ever.
I'd love to do the new Microsoft solutions developer, which is based around ASP.Net MVC, but I'm learning MVC in my spare time, once I free up some spare time. SQL Performance / Optimization I'd be intrigued in.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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This course[^] was very interesting, but might not be your area of interest. Best course I ever followed, even if I include everything I did in university. You'd have to wait till next year if you want a certificate. A course on C# or WinForms sounds lame to me. I like them, but not for a course, which would most likely be the most boring course ever.
Why is that? Not everybody has your massive amounts of C# and WinForms knowledge.
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Why is that? Not everybody has your massive amounts of C# and WinForms knowledge.
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I'm looking into any courses that will help improve my skills as a developer, and ideally show that I am continously working on my education and learning. I was looking at the Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer [^], however it seems to have changed quite a bit from the previous Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD). Any recommendations? I currently code using the microsoft stack, C# ASP.Net 4, Web Forms and looking to start there.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
I am a Microsoft Certified Trainer, and I passed the MCSD Web development, where I learned cool stuff about html5 (mostly incompatible stuff with IE 10 ;)) and azure. What I can say is that : the technology is interesting. Taking a course with a trainer might be boring or cool, depending on your trainer. If the trainer follows Microsoft guidelines for training, it will be boring. (yep Microsoft training material is not really good pedagogically speaking) Nevertheless, I enjoyed Learning MCSD Web dev, I did not regret it. (I'm a trainer, but always learn certifications by myself)
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This course[^] was very interesting, but might not be your area of interest. Best course I ever followed, even if I include everything I did in university. You'd have to wait till next year if you want a certificate. A course on C# or WinForms sounds lame to me. I like them, but not for a course, which would most likely be the most boring course ever.
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This course[^] was very interesting, but might not be your area of interest. Best course I ever followed, even if I include everything I did in university. You'd have to wait till next year if you want a certificate. A course on C# or WinForms sounds lame to me. I like them, but not for a course, which would most likely be the most boring course ever.
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I am a Microsoft Certified Trainer, and I passed the MCSD Web development, where I learned cool stuff about html5 (mostly incompatible stuff with IE 10 ;)) and azure. What I can say is that : the technology is interesting. Taking a course with a trainer might be boring or cool, depending on your trainer. If the trainer follows Microsoft guidelines for training, it will be boring. (yep Microsoft training material is not really good pedagogically speaking) Nevertheless, I enjoyed Learning MCSD Web dev, I did not regret it. (I'm a trainer, but always learn certifications by myself)
I might look into MSCD you've described it well and seems more worth it, thank you!
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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What programming language will be used in this class?
A minimal knowledge of python is necessary to integrate with the course infrastructure. Outside of that, students are free to use any language of their choice.PYTHON??????
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Yes. A little. The program used to automatically submit things is in Python, and it loads a Python file with your code in it (initially comes with a simple solver that gives you 3/10 points). The code in it can be a couple of lines that run an other program and communicate with it, that's how I did most of it. You can get away with knowing no Python at all and just looking up how to do that.
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I'm looking into any courses that will help improve my skills as a developer, and ideally show that I am continously working on my education and learning. I was looking at the Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer [^], however it seems to have changed quite a bit from the previous Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD). Any recommendations? I currently code using the microsoft stack, C# ASP.Net 4, Web Forms and looking to start there.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
You do know that you have to get recertified for MCSE every 3 years, which is why I never bothered.
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You do know that you have to get recertified for MCSE every 3 years, which is why I never bothered.
i wouldn't worry about any certificates, it won't make you a better programmer. I worked with lots of consultants that had all that stuff and i am still cleaning up aftrer them. I have read most of the manuals for the testing and really, about a quarter of it is really helpful in the real world, all the rest you will probably never use or is depricated by now. If you think it will help you think about software development better, then go ahead, education is never a minus. I would rather have someone who has confidence in thinking up solutions and learning whatever it takes to accomplish the job instead of some inexperienced person with lot's of titles asking "what should i do about it?" Be the one who says "hey, let me have a crack at that!"