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Java 2 Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, 3rd Edition [Hardcover]

William R. Stanek (Author)
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If you are familiar with Java or an object-oriented program language like C++, the All-In-One Java 2 Certification Exam Guide does a competent (if not exceptional) job of explaining the individual components, features, and functions of Java--but if you're weak on concepts, you'll definitely need another book to back this up.

The organisation of the book is fairly simple, starting off with the absolute basics of programming, moving on to slightly more advanced topics like switch and case statements, then walking the reader through most of Java's functions, arguments, interfaces, and exception-handling on a case-by-case basis. The book's explanations are fairly minimal, explaining each function quickly with relevant snippets of code, which either demonstrate a function or how to do some commonly requested task. Programmers will nod sagely, appreciating the no-nonsense way the book rips through a large amount of data in short order, and if you know what you're doing you can very quickly get a lot of information. The code segments are clear and concise, and generally are useful for illuminating the proper way to use a function or structure something. Unfortunately, if there's a snippet of code that you don't quite get how (or why) it works, you may be left up the creek.

People fuzzy on the more conceptual portions of Java may be left behind, too, as the book's strong point is going through what Java does, not why it does it. Another slight problem with the book is its lack of test focus. It goes through Java in a fair amount of detail, but doesn't really explain what's likely to be in the test and what isn't.

In short, this is a book that is slanted far more towards reference than to test taking or tutorial. As such, it's useful for those who already understand Java to a large extent and are looking to lock down their knowledge before they actually spend the money on the test and experienced programmers will appreciate the brevity involved. Others, however, with less savvy, may wish to find another book to go with. Recommended for the experienced. --William Steinmetz

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All-in-One is all you need! This authoritative reference offers complete coverage of all material on the Java 2 certification exams. You’ll find exam objectives at the beginning of each chapter, helpful exam tips, end-of-chapter practice questions, and photographs and illustrations. The bonus CD-ROM contains practice tests, hundreds of questions, and video clips. This comprehensive guide not only helps you pass this challenging certification exam, but will also serve as an invaluable on-the-job reference.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for Java 1.4 exams, Sep 17 2003
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"bobree" (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Java 2 Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, 3rd Edition (Hardcover)
The Java 1.4 Exam 310-035 is the actual one I used this book to study for. One thing I didn't mention is that the version of this book I had only covered the 1.2 exam. Thanks for my friend's recommendation I skipped the java.io and java.awt discussions when studying for the Java 1.4 exam. The Java 1.4 exam also covers wrappers, collections and assertions. Wrapper classes are covered in this book on pages 301 to 305 so this gave me what I needed to know based on the 310-035 exam objectives. In this book pages 314 to 318 cover collections and gave me a good start on what I needed to know for the exam. I also used a few java web sites to help me study collections, wrappers and assertions just to be safe, so this book with the additional help from one of these sites should get you a good score. I'm waiting for mine now but had no trouble on the exam whatsoever.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Java 2 All-in-One 3rd Edition, Sep 17 2003
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"bobree" (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Java 2 Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, 3rd Edition (Hardcover)
I got this from a friend who had just used it to pass the Programmer Exam. He recommended it highly and I do too. Java 2 All-in-One covers both the programmer and the developer exams. It provides an excellent chapter by chapter breakdown of what you need to know to pass the exams, providing a solid mix of detail, examples and review.
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2.0 out of 5 stars No coverage of real stuff, Mar 19 2003
This review is from: Java 2 Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, 3rd Edition (Hardcover)
This book only covers what a novice programmer already know. It doesn't really cover the more difficult topics tested in the exam. I'd highly recommend that you consider the "Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide" which explains the difficult topics in a clear, concise and detailed manner.
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