Anyone taken this exam lately?

i am starting it after xmas and just wanted some (recent or any) input on it

i have basically no programming experience whatsoever, i have done the A+ and 98-366

from what i have read its a pretty tricky exam so for me im assuming its gonna be mega tough.

i have read that the wiley book is the book to get i did a search and it ranges in prices upawards of 100$

i have a link on amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/98-361-Softw...eywords=98-361


i cant work it out it says new £27 and used £51 i havnt bought book off amazon before whats it mean?



happy xmas

Click on "21 New from £27.34" and there is a seller named, "HOEPLI - La Grande Libreria" that is selling it at that price.

was just getting confused as the 'new' is cheaper than the used.....

thanks

what is 98-361?

https://www.microsoft.com/en-ie/lear...am-98-361.aspx

http://www.techexams.net/forums/othe...icult-mta.html


from there i can go onto to do java or database i am not sure what way i go as i really have Zero experience in programming and even watching basic vids of C# i was getting confused i will do the course then decide.

Personally when I see books that are from microsoft that have been designed for this cultural fit for corporation style employee.
I believe most people will walk away without learning a thing.

There is plenty of good books for starting Java but there is also huge amounts of free stuff on the web. The java docs are available for free, the biggest hurdle which has gotten smaller over the years; installing java and setting up a basic working environment (IDE or textpad).

1. print hello world on screen.
2. learn about strings, chars and then arrays.
3. learn about methods.
4. learn about objects.
5. learn about linked-lists and data structures.
6. maybe dabble into what JSON is and how it could be useful for transferring of data.
7. network stuff and threads
8. GUI stuff.
9. decide what you want to do and modify your studying to that area...

Learn keybindings if you use a good IDE, intellij community edition is good for java and free.
If you want to learn by a book, get one that has homework style assignments that test you for each lesson that you've covered and isn't trying to jam diagrams down your throat as a beginner.

You have to spend a lot of time googling questions, answers are nice to get but a programmer will not survive on just asking questions in this field.
Most of the knowledge is already available on the web, programmers are people that will find 'it' when normal people just give up and walk away.

how do you have zero programming experience and take a test about concepts about programming? Doesnt that make it a lot harder? Like then its just abstract stuff thats harder to grasp?