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A Programmer's Guide to Java SCJP Certification: A Comprehensive Primer (3rd Edition)

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With the version 7 of the certification just around the corner... I bought this book at the beginning of 2011, the book has a lot of content useful for the Oracle Certified Profesional Java SE 6 Programmer. My only complaint is that the content is not so well structured -easy reading/learning aprouch- as the book of Katherine Sierra (Author) and Bert Bates: SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6 Exam 310-065.

I bought this book, because i wanted to pass sun's examination (scjp)
Without having any prior Java knowledge, i based all my study exclusively
on this book for that purpose. I was reading it thoroughly and practiced, many hours per day for 9 weeks. After finishing it i took the mok exam at the end of the book, and i failed! I did one more review on my weak topics for 1 week and then
i took the official scjp test in a prometric center.
From what i heard, i was expecting the questions to be in a somehow easier
level than that of the book. Instead imho they were harder! Solutions wheren't as
apparent as i thought (simple put they do are tricky! no matter what they claim) Nor where the questions 72 but 60 (time three hours)
Nevertheless i passed the test with a 70% score (pass limit 58%).
So apparently this book managed to cover succesfully the needed topics,
allthough i would recommend studying for more time and from 2 books simultaleously.
I highly recommend this book.

I would not recommend this book. I set up a study group for the Software Engineers on our contract to prepare for the SCJP exam. We decided to use this book as our study guide. After chapter 3 we all agreed that we did not like this book and decided to switch to another. This book is written in a way that makes even simple concepts confusing. I found myself having to reread concepts that I already knew over and over again just to try and understand what the author was trying to present. In my opinion this book is horribly written. I would have given this book just 1 star, but I did like questions that the book provided. My group has switched to "SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6 Exam 310-065" and so far I have no complaints.

I would not recommend to use that book for the exam preparation. The text is organized in boring, hard to read and reader-unfriendly way. The code examples are misleading. A lot of irrelevant information Some review questions do not contain answers in the end of the book. After working for a month with that book I had to buy Kathy Sierra's book in order to get ready for the exam... Kathy Sierra's book is much more easier to read and the material is organized there much better.

This book is awesome.

It is the kind of book that you would use before and after taking the real exam. The authors not only explain the answer of each question, but also, do they give explanations of each topic very clearly.

If you don't know anything about java, then, this might not the book for you (and maybe you shouldn't be pursuing a certification in java). But if you have some experience, this book will help you a lot.

Some topics are a little hard and the questions might look so much harder than in the real exam, but that will help you in succeeding.

I scored 90% in the real exam thanks to these book, although it wasn't the only book I used. I also recommend Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates' as well as some simulators like the ones from enthuware or uCertify.

Don't forget to visit javaranch.com!

This book teaches you a complete explanation of Java and SCJP. I Also used the K&B book for the test and the main differences is that the K&B is 100% about the test and it expects you to know basic Java and OOP. On the other hand, K&R goes beyond the test; K&R expects you to know some programming but not necessarily OOP. This book will helps best for people with minimal Java experience.

Great preparation - very in depth and detailed. Only thing I would add is more excercises.

The book is a mighty tome. It has some good information, but it is overly wordy. Not really what a "programmer" would be looking for.

The thing that really ticked me off is the bogus editing. I just took the mock exam and I'm grading my answers. Not half way through there have been two instances where it says to look for an incorrect number of answers. For example, question 30 says select the one correct answer, but the answer key says (b), (d) with no explanation!

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