I'm spending A LOT of time and care to prepare for this certification, but nevertheless I feel like one that has to study for it again and again and much more. I feel confident with the topics I have studied and I can remember them fairly well, perhaps because I do a lot of practice writing small programs too, but I always have the same feeling that what I learn on the book is not enough to pass the exam. For this reason I very often find myself lost in details and overwhelmed by them, spending days reading and exploring JLS, for example. I also have tried to study the book without delve into the labyrinth of JLS, but I'm not satisfied because I think that details are not negligible to fully understand concepts (and achieve the certification).
Should I stick to the book only? I'd really appreciate suggestions about a more efficient approach to prepare
scjp, because
1. I have the vague feeling that all this focus on details is hindering the achievement of the goal :-(
2. I don't have all this time anymore
3. I don't want to give up :-)
I'm using K&B and I'm very happy to study on it (though I still have to study generics and threads). I also have read a couple of chapters of another certification book but, guess what, it lacks too many details, really. The good thing is that I'm doing Enthuware mocks and I see that at least what I have studied is still "in place".
Thanks