A Programmer’s Guide to Java(TM) Certification: A Comprehensive Primer

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Product Description
Within A Programmer’s Guide to Java Certification: A Comprehensive Primer, relevant topics are 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. Written for anyone with previous programming experience (although not necessarily in Java), this books 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.

From the Back Cover

To pass the Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform 1.4 exam (SCPJ2 1.4) you need this book. It is written for any experienced programmer (with or without previous knowledge of Java) interested in mastering the Java programming language and passing the SCPJ2 1.4 exam.

A Programmer’s Guide to Java™ Certification, Second Edition, contains detailed coverage of all exam topics and objectives, helpful code examples, exercises, review questions, and several full practice exams. In addition, as a comprehensive primer to the Java programming language, this book is an invaluable reference tool for the reader.

This new edition has been thoroughly updated to focus on the latest version of the exam (CX-310-035). In particular, it contains more in-depth explanations of the syntax and usage of core language features that are now emphasized on the exam. The accompanying CD contains a version of the SCPJ2 1.4 Exam Simulator developed by Whizlabs Software, which includes several mock exams and simulates the exam-taking experience. The CD also contains the complete source code for all the examples, and solutions to the programming exercises.

What you will find in this book:

Extensive coverage of all the objectives defined for the Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform 1.4 exam

Easy-to-follow structure with chapters organized according to the exam objectives as laid out by Sun Microsystems

Summaries that 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 SCPJ2 1.4 exam, and a guide to taking the exam

A complete mock exam with new questions (not repeats of review questions)

A CD that includes several mock exams and a version of the SCJP 1.4 Exam Simulator by Whizlabs Software, which simulates the exam-taking experience

Numerous exam-relevant review questions to test your understanding of each major topic, with annotated answers

Programming exercises and solutions at the end of each chapter

Copious code examples illustrating concepts where the code has been compiled and thoroughly tested on multiple platforms

Program output demonstrating expected results from running the examples

Extensive use of UML (Unified Modeling Language) for illustration purposes