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Title: Mike Meyers' Java 2 Certification Passport (Exam 310-025) by Cindy Glass, Kathy Sierra, Margarita Isaveya, Jane Griscti, Ajith Kallambella ISBN: 0-07-219366-2 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 26 October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.07 (14 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good secondary or complement book
Comment: Mike Meyers' Java 2 Certification Passport
by Cindy Glass, Jane Griscti, Margarita Isayeva, Ajith Kallambella, and Kathy Sierra
Publishers : McGraw Hill Osborne
List Price : $ 29.99
This book is organized according to the objectives of the Programmer Certification exam. Each chapter corresponds to a major objective of the exam and is broken into sub topics based on detailed objectives. At the beginning of each chapter the authors list the approximate amount of time you will need to spend on that chapter based on your level of expertise. Although I consider myself between newbie and intermediate, I was able to cover the chapters in the range mentioned for experts. This probably means that their time estimates are rather generous.
All chapters include notes, tips and warnings especially targeted towards the exam. There are questions at the end of each chapter that help you assess how well you have understood the topic. Be aware of the typos and errors in the questions / answers. I hear that the publishers will be putting up an errata page soon.
Common problem areas for people new to Java, such as Garbage Collection, Threads, immutability of the string object, passing arguments to methods etc. are covered in great detail. Wise use of diagrams to represent these concepts makes them easy to understand. The bitwise operators are also explained graphically with plenty of examples. The methods of the Math class, objects in thejava.lang package are covered in more detail than in some other popular books.
The chapters on AWT and java.IO packages strictly adhere to the exam objectives. There is no in-depth coverage of the topics. The AWT chapter could use more sample code demonstrating the policies of various layout managers along with images of the frames /applets corresponding to the code. Gridbag and Card layouts - which are the two most complex layouts - get less than a page of discussion. The actual exam has at least one or two questions related to the GridBagLayout and the attributes of the GridBagConstraints object.
Even though the chapter on Threads seems poorly organized, it does cover the basic concepts in detail. Few more examples and a little reorganization of the material will make this chapter a complete reference, far beyond the exam objetives.
In summary I would recommend this book as a companion book but not as the only book needed for certification.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book for quick preparation and review before exam
Comment: I pass the exam this morning with 83 %. From total time I spend 70% time reading this book. This book is good if you have limited time to prepare for SCJP. It doesn't have boring description. The authors have done excellent job to extract out core concept from exam point of view. However, there are some typos and cds is not useful. I couldn't able to access what is inside cds. Anyway it was worth Canadian $ 55 investment. I did refer Khalid Mughal book to clear some of the funda and practice examples.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent Java book to clear concept, but not for newbies.
Comment: This is a very good Java book for not only the certification exam but also the one which helps you to get clear concept. I have experience in programming Java and now decide to go certified. I do feel this book help me quite a lot in the exam preparation. It serves as a very good review for the Java knowledges I have. The price of the book is also very nice. I can say that you get far more than you paid. One thing I would like to mention is this book probably a little bit tough for the newbies. If you are new to Java and do not have much OOP experience, I will not recommand you this one. Although most of comments here are negative, I still want to give this book a high rating.
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Title: Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Study Guide (Exam 310-025) by Syngress Media Inc, Inc Syngress Media ISBN: 0072132086 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 30 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Java 2 Exam Prep (Exam: 310-025) by William B. Brogden, Bill Brogden ISBN: 1576102610 Publisher: The Coriolis Group Pub. Date: 16 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Mike Meyers' CCNA (TM) Exam Passport (Exam 640-507) by Lou Rossi, Ron Anthony, Louis R. Rossi ISBN: 0072193654 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 26 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Java 2 Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, 3rd Edition by William R. Stanek ISBN: 0072191694 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 25 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Mike Meyers' MCSE WIndows (R) 2000 Directory Services Administration Certification Passport (Exam 70-217) by Steven D. Kaczmarek ISBN: 0072194715 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 26 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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