The Best Fully Integrated Study System Available--Written by the Lead Developers of Exam 310-065
With hundreds of practice questions and hands-on exercises, SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6 Study Guide covers what you need to know--and shows you how to prepare--for this challenging exam.
100% complete coverage of all official objectives for exam 310-065
Exam Objective Highlights in every chapter point out certification objectives to ensure you're focused on passing the exam
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Simulated exam questions match the format, tone, topics, and difficulty of the real exam
Covers all SCJP exam topics, including:
Declarations and Access Control · Object Orientation · Assignments · Operators · Flow Control, Exceptions, and Assertions · Strings, I/O, Formatting, and Parsing · Generics and Collections · Inner Classes · Threads · Development
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Awesome book that goes beyond the testMarch 12, 2010 John Tu(Newark, DE) I'm not the type of person that enjoys reading huge books. But his book is very well organized and easy to read. The examples are interesting to experiment on as well.
Anyone who has the patience to read this book from back to back will definitely become pretty good at JAVA programming.
Oracle now owns Sun--exam changes afoot?February 19, 2010 Nils Kelly(Boston) 5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this book several months ago and finally spent enough time plowing through it to be ready to take the exam. Which I took today and passed. Glad that's out of the way, as it's a really obnoxious exam. (I took the 1.4 version in 2006.)
Many of the test questions rely on misdirection/trickiness, as opposed to getting plainly at your understanding of Java itself. Several questions only test brute memorization of APIs. There are not enough questions, so the categorical results given to you afterwards have little meaning (50% in concurrency! Meaning probably 2 out of 4 questions--on a topic covered in 80 pp in the book!). You can get for example 3 possibilities correct out of 7, but miss a 4th, so get the whole question wrong. At least they have drag-and-drop now, which they didn't have in the 1.4 exam.
It is, in short, a poor design. Given that, this book does do a good job of preparing you for the mess. The book mentions "toughening you up" for the exam and I think that's accurate. One problem is that there is no published errata, and the errata, particularly in the mock exams will drive you crazy. The website Java Ranch is a good place to check when something seems like a typo.
There's really no short cut to 1.) reading the thing front to back 2.) going through the questions and answers at each chapter's end 3.) going through the provided mocks and 4.) writing dozens of little programs that mimic the points in the mocks.
But be aware: Oracle now owns Sun, and has announced a new "Sun Java Programmer Plus Certification", which they call Sun's first "performance-based" Java certification exam. It's apparently in beta. It may make this version of the SCJP 6 obsolete. Good riddance I say!
So, if you haven't signed up with Sun to take the SCJP 6 yet, and haven't bought this book yet, it may be worth holding off until the dust settles. Currently they're saying they'll have a beta version of the new exam ready in March 1, 2010. That seems a bit too quick. The cost of this exam (SCJP) has doubled since 2006, to $300, so it may be worth waiting to take this "Plus" version instead. It's hard to find info about the beta on the Oracle site, though you can follow news at Java Ranch in the SCJP forum, under the topic Regarding SCJP Plus. Those guys are on it like rats on cheese.
Of course where would any certification exam be without its associated lucrative cottage industry of prep books! They may delay release of a new test, until they have big fat exam books like this one ready to publish.
Excelent book, bad packedFebruary 11, 2010 Diego Hernandez Perez(Costa Rica) I love this book! I was reading the Java5 version and I decided to buy this one but right now I'm complaining for the way that it is packed. I expected it sealed in a plastic cover, because of that (or any other reason) the CD was lost. The courier (an international one) is going to pay me the total cost of the book and now I need to buy a new one. I really appreciate it sealed.
Thank you!!
Great BookFebruary 10, 2010 Pedro Amaral(Peniche, Portugal, PT) This a really great book.
Many examples and lots of exam questions to practice.
Great Book, Sample Questions a bit too rigorousFebruary 2, 2010 F. Bowers This an excellent book to prepare you for the SCJP certification exam though some of the sample questions are a bit too tricky. I read this book cover to cover multiple times and attempted to answer the questions at the end of each chapter. I was never able to answer all the questions correctly on the first try. You really have to know the material inside and out to get the right answers. I took all three of the 72-question timed mock exams scoring 60-70% each time. Today I took the actual exam and got 90% correct. I had been afraid I might not pass since I had passed by such a slim margin on the mock exams.
I also studied the Mughal and Rasmussen book which covered a lot of extra material not on the exam. The questions in the Mughal and Rasmussen book were of uneven quality - not all up to the high standards of this book.
