Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Study Guide

by Syngress Media Inc.

Anyone preparing for Sun's certification exam 310-025 will find Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Study Guide of use. It provides a fast-paced tour of essential Java features and do-it-yourself... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072123729
• ISBN13: 9780072123722
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 625 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 7.7" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Complete coverage and good practice questions

This book is more than simple test preparation and provides the reader with a solid grounding in Java. If you just know a little object oriented programming I would recommend that you buy this to introduce yourself to Java. The topics in each chapter are coherent and to the point. Another excellent part of this book is the example code demonstrating almost every point, so rather than guess what the author is trying to explain you can actually see it. This really helped me with the concepts more than simple theory could. Everything is clearly explaned and you will learn exactly what you need to program in Java. The book also makes a good effort to make you appreciate some of the more common pitfalls in Java programming. It's almost like icing on the cake that after you will be able to pass the Java exam!One complaint that I heard mentioned here is the nature of the questions. Once in a while I was a little frustrated with the difficulty of some (but not most) of the questions. And sometimes the questions seemed to ask the same topic is 2 or 3 different ways. But after going through the repetitive questions I realized it was just reinforcing necessary information such as the difference between passing variables by reference or by value. Some of these topics were repeated on the exam too, so when all was said and done I passed with room to spare. Another valuable part of the questions is that every multiple choice answer is explained, not just the incorrect ones. This really helped me pinpoint why I had some of the questions wrong.I haven't been able to find the errors some people have reported here. I went to the company site to check for errors and there were a few mentioned but not nearly enough to warrent criticism on that level. My guess is some of these reviewers are a little green and aren't finding real errors (or if they think they are they should report them). An excellent book on all fronts.

A great primer for writing the exam!

I passed the exam with 88%, going into the exam with only about one year of programming experience on my own. This book filled in all the gaps I had in my knowlege of Java. The sample code sprinkled through the book really helps to understand the concepts, something I found missing in other books I compared this with. The best part of the book are the sample questions. There are about 20 per chapter, and the book not only explains why the answers are correct, but why the other answers are incorrect! This helped me enormously, and I only wish more books did this. This book is really excellent if you need to do some brushing up before the exam. I can't recomend this book enough.One thing I would recommend to the authors is more in depth coverage of Strings. Strings are handled differently by the compiler depending on whether or not they are instantiated (using "new") or declared as a literal. Although some sample questions tested this, I didn't find an explanation of this difference in the book.

This book worked for me! I passed easily.

Overall, I really like this book. Some chapters are better than others (maybe chapters 5 - Exception Handling and 6 - Garbage Collection are the best, the first several not as good) but the book seems to have almost everything I found on the exam. I think I missed one question on IO stuff, which the book did not cover. There is not a lot of extra junk stuck in there filling up space, which is nice.I passed the exam easily and used just this book to prepare, so I have no complaint. Thats what I wanted and thats what I got. As a bonus, I still use the book as a reference.

Get this book to get certified

This book is well written and explains the concepts needed to take and pass the Java 2 certification. It does not expect you to have been programming for years to understand the concepts. Lots of excellent sample questions to practice your knowledge. I would buy it again.

The book to get for exam 310-025

If you study only one book for the exam, this should be it. It is clear, concise, and informative. It doesn't have the added tech fluff I have found in other books (like the Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide). It has sample tests that are comparable to the REAL thing and gives useful details of the language that will benefit in more way than one. You will learn more about syntax, coding conventions in Java, run-time errors, threads, UI's, and more. As a programmer, the details I learned about Java is invaluable. It is easy to read (for a study guide) and a sure ticket to pass the test. If you are running out of time you may want to pick up Java 2 (exam cram) too.