Java Certification

[qfmomen]

I wanna to do Java Certification for Programmer. Would You suggest me some Books for this Topic. If Yes I will be very thankfull to you.

[sweetsupra]

There are 3 books that I am using for the exam. These books include:
1) The Complete Java 2 certification study guide by philip heller and michael ernest.
2) Core Java 2 (volumes I and II) by gary cornell
3) The Complete Reference Java 2(3rd edition) by Patrick naughton

What I suggest is to go through the first book completely. Like do one chapter per day. Use the 3rd book to clarify any doubts. The second set of books goes into depth with java. Core Java is really good book with design aspects. I learned swings from that book. Volume II from that book is really good when it comes to RMI and JDBC but one thing that I was disappointed with was that they omitted a section on servlets. There are very few books on servlets, but servlets will not be in the book. I am taking the exam next month. Also I would suggest to take mock exams every week. If you get below a 60 in the exam...postpone in taking the exam. Until you can pass the mock exam dont schedule for the exam. That's all I can suggest. Hope that helps.

Later,

Manoj

[hayessj]

you could have a look at these links

http://www.egroups.com/messages/javacertstudy/
http://www.jaworski.com/java/certification/
http://javacert.com/
http://cramsession.brainbuzz.com/cramsession/Sun/java2/guide.asp
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/

[shastri_s]

Hi guys,

Could u suggest me the sites from where I could take mock tests ?

Thanks

Shastri

[sweetsupra]

Most of the mock exams, I have gotten from CDs in Magazines. There is a site called http://www.sarga.com. This is the only site i can think off on top of my head. The questions are little bit harder...but it makes you thinking at the exam level. There is another book that i would recommend. Thinking in Java by Bruce Eckel. He has a site http://www.BruceEckel.com. You can download the last copy of the book. I buy the books just the fact that I like hard copies. I hope this helps,

Later,

Manoj

[shastri_s]

thanks a lot

[Blitz]

I just happen to have a list of the topics being tested in the certification:

Declarations and Access Control
Flow Control and Exception Handling
Garbage Collection
Language Fundamentals
Operators and Assignments
Overloading, etc.
Threads
The java.awt package-Layout
The java.lang package
The java.util package

Hope this is useful.