Complete Java?2 Certification Study Guide
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (733 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0782144195 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 560 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This Study Guide was developed to meet the exacting requirements of today's certification candidates. Here's the book you need to prepare for the Java 2 Programmer (SCJP) and Developer (SCJD) exams. In addition to the consistent and accessible instructional approach that has earned Sybex the reputation as the leading publisher for certification self-study guides, this book provides: In-depth coverage of every exam objective for the revised SCJP ExamHundreds of challenging practice questionsLeading-edge exam preparation software, including a test engine and the entire book on PDFAuthoritative instruction on all revised Programmer exam objectives, including:Declarations, initialization and scopingFlow controlAPI contentsConcurrencyObject-oriented conceptsCollections and genericsLanguage fundamentalsDetailed discussion of the key topics included in th
His popular seminars on certification have been delivered internationally. He has been instrumental in the creation and maintenance of the Java Programmer and Developer exams. Philip Heller is a technical author, novelist, public speaker, and consultant. He is the co-author of several books on Java, all available from Sybex. Simon Roberts
In addition to the consistent and accessible instructional approach that has earned Sybex the reputation as the leading publisher for certification self-study guides, this book provides:In-depth coverage of every exam objective for the revised SCJP ExamHundreds of challenging practice questionsLeading-edge exam preparation software, including a test engine and the entire book on PDFAuthoritative instruction on all revised Programmer exam objectives, including:Declarations, initialization and scopingFlow controlAPI contentsConcurrencyObject-oriented conceptsCollections and genericsLanguage fundamentalsDetailed discussion of the key topics included in the Developer exam, including:Swing components and eventsLayout managersEnhancing and extending the data
Good, but could use more examples involving new material George Elkins I passed SCJP 5.0 by reading this book. However, some of the new material is covered in isolation. I'd like to see more examples, such as of interaction between method overloading/overriding and variable arguments, interaction between overloading/overriding and Generics, and examples of overloading/overriding combined with boxing/unboxing.Also, the password provided for the electronic version of the book on the CD is invalid (but see errata on Sybex web site for the solution to this pr. Useful but deeply flawed Firstly, let's be clear what this book is - and is not.It is NOT a teach-yourself-java book. It is assumed that you already know Java. The goal of this book is to get you through the SCJP exam. To pass the exam, you need to know by rote many details that you would just look up when you are actually programming (I speak as someone who has done this professionally for many years.)Some of the criticisms in other reviews may be because the reviewers expected to learn Java from scratch with. Alaa Mohssen Nassef said An OK book, but certainly not the best. This is my second review, and again, it's a java certification book. This was the book I studied from for my certification exam, and thanks to God, I did pretty well.The book is well constructed, with a lot of info, and a lot of great exercises at the end of each chapter, plus a mock exam, and four sample exams on the accompanying CD. Unfortunately, the book is full of typos, and there are several mistakes with the exam and the review questions, which is quiet a shame. Those mistakes t