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Product Description
Sun Microsystems' Sun Certified Programmer exam (Sun CJPE) allows programmers to validate their valuable Java programming skills and provides the IT industry wth a standard to use when recruiting professional. A Programmer's Guide to JavaTM Certification prepares readers for the CJPE by teaching them sound Java programming skills and covering the core language and all the major APIs. Requiring minimal Java experience, a Programmer's Guide to JavaTM Certification is the surest way to accomplish the exam. In addition, it is a comprehensive primer providing coverage of additional topics that every Java programmer should master to be proficient in this field.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #421431 in Books
- Published on: 1999-08-19
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 688 pages
Editorial Reviews
Back Cover Copy
"We have written A Programmer’s Guide to Java Certification to allow the reader to master the Java programming language. Mastering the language should naturally culminate in the practical goal of passing the Sun Certified Programmer for Java‘ 2 Platform exam. In addition to preparing the reader thoroughly for the exam, this book also provides comprehensive coverage of all the essential Java features and core APIs that every proficient Java programmer should master."
- The authors
What you will find in this book:
Additional but relevant topics are also covered, such as using threads, building GUI with AWT and Swing components, rendering graphics, implementing applets, handling I/O streams, generating documentation using Javadoc and much more.
The accompanying web site includes a mock exam engine; complete source code for all the examples and solutions for the programming exercises; links to important resources (web browsers, Sun’s JDK, and integrated development environments for Java); updates; and more....
Written for anyone with previous programming experience (although not necessarily in Java), this book’s comprehensive coverage of the basic and the advanced features of the language make it as useful for experienced Java programmers aiming at certification, as for programmers learning Java for the first time.
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About the Author
Khalid A. Mughal is an associate professor at the Department of Informatics at the University of Bergen, Norway. During his extensive career, he has designed and implemented many courses on Java, object-oriented system development, and compiler techniques. He has also given seminars for the IT industry. He is the principal author of Java Som Forste Programmeringssprak (Java as a First Programming Language) published by Cappelen Akademisk Forlag, 2002.
Rolf W. Rasmussen is a system developer at Vizrt, a company that develops real-time graphics systems for TV, films, and the Web. Previously, he has worked on clean room implementations of the Java class libraries. He is coauthor, with Professor Mughal, of Java Som Forste Programmeringssprak.
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Excerpted from A Programmer's Guide to Java Certification by Khalid Azim Mughal and Rolf Rasmussen. Copyright © 1999. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
"We have written A Programmer's Guide to Java Certification to allow the reader to master the Java programming language. Mastering the language should naturally culminate in the practical goal of passing the Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform exam. In addition to preparing the reader thoroughly for the exam, this book also provides comprehensive coverage of all the essential Java features and core Application Programming Interfaces that every proficient Java programmer should master." The authors
What you will find in this book: * Extensive coverage of ALL the objectives defined for the Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform exam. * Easy to follow structure with chapters organized according to the exam objectives as laid out by Sun * Summaries which clearly state and differentiate the exam objectives and the supplementary objectives to be covered in each chapter * A list of Sun's objectives for the Programmer exam, and a guide to taking the exam * Numerous exam-relevant review questions to test understanding of each major topic, with annotated answers * A complete mock exam with NEW questions (not repeats of review questions) * Programming exercises at the end of each chapter, with solutions * Ample code examples to illustrate concepts, which have been compiled and thoroughly tested on multiple platforms * Screen shots which illustrate how the examples would look when run * Numerous illustrations which use the standard diagramatic notation, UML * An introduction to basic terminology and concepts in object-oriented programming * Advice on how to avoid common pitfalls in mastering the language * Platform independent coverage - platform specific details are provided where relevant
Additional but relevant topics are also covered, such as using threads, building GUI with AWT and Swing components, rendering graphics, implementing applets, handling I/O streams, generating documentation using Javadoc and much more
The accompanying web site includes a mock exam engine; complete source code for all the examples and the programming exercises, with solutions; links to important resources (web browsers, JDK, BDK and integrated development environments for Java); updates; additional review questions; and more....
Written for anyone with previous programming experience (although not necessarily in Java), this book's comprehensive coverage of the basic and the advanced features of the language make it as useful for experienced Java programmers aiming at certification, as for programmers learning Java for the first time.
Customer Reviews
Excellent for SCJP Exam (even SCJP 5)
This is a great book to prepare for the SCJP exams. The pity is that it was designed for SCJP 1.4. But where the subject matter for SCJP 5 is the same as for SCJP 1.4 I find this book better than the Sierra/Bates book. The discussion is very complete and thorough. Very good discussion of nested classes, threads, etc. But you need the S/B book for generics and the newer stuff.
A good book to pass SCJA 4.0 -- but it takes time to teach me things not required by the SCJA 4 exam
This is a quality book, the only thing that I've found wrong with it is that it teaches Java 4.0 and I want to learn Java 5.0 now. Also, at the beginning of each chapter the book identifies what is required by the Exam and what the authors have added to the book. In the "heat-of-the-battle", as you're studying the book, the exam objectives and the extraneous material are mixed together. I have enough to do to certify in SCJA, SCJP, SCJD, and SCBCD without learning any extras. If the authors think that they know better than Sun as to what I should learn, they should clearly mark it, or have a part I that is essential to pass the exam and a part II that is additional learning that the authors want me to learn.
This book show me my lackings
But it is not good for explain themes(eg. reference types o arrays). You must to consult other books for more complete explanations. But this book is very necesary like guide to you must to known. It is essential.
