Message from Dean - May 8th 2007
I am currently testing out a new version of the APF Bridge Component - If you notice any errors within this demo store please drop me a line.
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN: 9780071591065
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0071591060
Label: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 851
Publication Date: June 24, 2008
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Studio: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
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The Best Fully Integrated Study System Available--Written by the Lead Developers of Exam 310-065
With hundreds of practice questions and hands-on exercises, SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6 Study Guide covers what you need to know--and shows you how to prepare--for this challenging exam.
100% complete coverage of all official objectives for exam 310-065 Exam Objective Highlights in every chapter point out certification objectives to ensure you're focused on passing the exam Exam Watch sections in every chapter highlight key exam topics covered Simulated exam questions match the format, tone, topics, and difficulty of the real exam
Covers all SCJP exam topics, including:
Declarations and Access Control · Object Orientation · Assignments · Operators · Flow Control, Exceptions, and Assertions · Strings, I/O, Formatting, and Parsing · Generics and Collections · Inner Classes · Threads · Development
CD-ROM includes:
Complete MasterExam practice testing engine, featuring: Two full practice exams; Detailed answers with explanations; Score Report performance assessment tool Electronic book for studying on the go - Bonus coverage of the SCJD exam included!
Bonus downloadable MasterExam practice test with free online registration.
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Great book, but not for Java beginnners.
I found a bug on page 574 "Sorting with Comparator"
In the 1st snippet, "compareTo"should be replaced by "compare".
Pierre Morel
Austin, TX
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If you are thinking of taking SCJP exam, this book is all you need to have.
All of the exam objectives were explained in great depth, a lot of them are more than you need to know to pass the exam - which is great, as it will ensure that you know and understand the concepts not just memorizing to pass the exam.
I am not too happy with the CD-ROM content, the e-book (PDF format) is not printable whereas the previous edition's (Java 1.4) e-book is printable. The mock exam software that comes with the CD-ROM also a little bit disappointing and quite limited (no drag and drop questions, no performance objective reviews), but it matches the difficulty on the actual exam quite well. I suggest you purchase additional mock exam package from other providers.
In summary, I love the book, shame about the CD-ROM content otherwise I would given it full 5 stars.
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The book has excellent content. Not only does it do a great job of getting into the nuts and bolts of things, it makes one start asking the right questions and then answers them on the next page itself. Its like they are reading your mind. Also, any content that you may not have covered at all because you are only up to date with Java 5 or below, it does a great job of explaining. Even if you know your stuff, it still manages to not bore you and throw tricky tid-bits of wisdom at you that make you say, "Wow ... I didn't think of that before." This is a great way to prepare for the SCJP 6.0 exam and after I'm done with that I hope to dive into the CD provided with this book which also covers the SCJD exam!
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The book is great; it covers all the exam objectives in good detail, and prepares you well. However, the MasterExam software that accompanies the book is mediocre at best. It does not mimic the real exam very well (no drag-and-drop and fill-in-the-blanks questions). Also, I found it extremely annoying that it does not automatically save a test session upon completion; you have to either print the study guide based on your attempt, or explicity save a report of your session. I took a sample test, and closed the session on completion, hoping to review the questions I got wrong at a later time. I expected to be able to do this within the software. The only thing it saved was my score and the time I took the test. Maybe its me, but I expected it to save my session automatically for review later. Most simulators do that. At the very least, it could've given a warning that I might lose the session, so I should save it.
Great book, lousy software.
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Really impressed with this book.
The book is very precise and probably very concise too even though it is over 800 pages long.
I would definitely recommend buying it.
Like one other reviewer the e-book is very poor.
There are two minute drills at the end of each chapter which I would have liked to print out but there is no printing option available, instead I had to mess around with a photocopier to get the stuff "printed"..nasty..what is this, 1984 ?
That is about my only gripe.
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