I actually used two O'Reilly books for my SCWCD preparation: Java Servlet Programming (by Hunter and Crawford) and Java Server Pages (by Bergsten). Here are my thoughts..
- If your sole objective is to pass the SCWCD exam and get certified, then I'd discourage getting the O'Reilly books. Both of these books are extremely detailed and contain lots and lots of advanced material that simply isn't needed for the exam. You're better off just getting an all-in-one servlet/jsp book that covers all the exam objectives, and then complementing that with the various study notes available at the
SCWCD Links Page.
- On the other hand, if you really want to learn JSP and servlet programming, and all it's capabilities and nuances, then I'd recommend the O'Reilly books. At least get the servlet book.. This was an EXCELLENT book, extremely informative and a great reference book that I now call on regularly. Unfortunately, I can't recommend the JSP book as highly, as much of it was geared towards helping non-programmers get up to speed on Java.
Good luck.
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Miftah Khan
- Sun Certified Programmer for the Java� 2 Platform
- Sun Certified Web Component Developer for the Java� 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition