After an intense prep. period of 1.5 weeks, I've managed to obtain this cert. thanks to the efforts already put in by Watsh Rajneesh, Ivan Krizsan and Mikalai Zaikin. A big thanks to JavaRanch, and to all those who had posted their experiences on this forum.
Preparation: I was a complete newbie to the various Web Services technologies, and the first 3 chapters of Watsh Rajneesh's study notes helped me get introduced to them. His notes are very detailed and worth reading if time is not a constraint. In my case, it was a big constraint (voucher expiry date was 11/10).
So, I moved on to Ivan Krizsan's study notes which are very focused on the exam objectives, have excellent code examples, and detailed steps to execute them. It took me a while to setup Eclipse, Glassfish, jUDDI, etc., but the time spent was worthwhile, as building and running the examples helped drive home the concepts perfectly.
Once I felt comfortable with the various technologies, I started reading MZ's notes. It is a must read for the exam.
Reference Material: * Watsh Rajneesh's Study Notes
* Ivan Krizsan's Study Notes
* Mikalai Zaikin's Study Notes
* WS-I Basic Profile 1.1 (most of it is covered in MZ's notes)
* The various posts on this forum
Mock Exam: * Mikalai Zaikin's Quiz (Very good. I had scored 67% in it, which is very close to my final score)
* Wanted to take Whizlab's trial exam, but did not get the time for it
Final Exam: * Very tough. Time is enough (150 mins).
* 10-12 snippets of code/schema/WSDL/SOAP messages.
* One drag-and-drop question related to schema
Wishing the best of luck to all the aspirants
Vignesh Bhupathi
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Congrats Prasanna All the best for your next certification .
After an intense prep. period of 1.5 weeks, I've managed to obtain this cert. thanks to the efforts already put in by Watsh Rajneesh, Ivan Krizsan and Mikalai Zaikin. A big thanks to JavaRanch, and to all those who had posted their experiences on this forum.
Mock Exam: * Mikalai Zaikin's Quiz (Very good. I had scored 67% in it, which is very close to my final score)
Congratulations, Prasanna !!! You're the best !!!
Glad to know my WSD 5.0 Quiz and Guide helped you to pass the exam.
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts-Albert Einstein
Ivan Krizsan
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Hi!
kri shan wrote:Can you give link for Watsh Rajneesh's Study Notes and Ivan Krizsan's Study Notes ? I am planning to buy Mikalai Zaikin's quiz. How is whizlab test ?
Take a look in the SCDJWS Links - there is a local copy of my study notes there.
Best wishes!
Please, follow the link in my signature and don't post your requests here.
Thank you,
MZ
Anah Dordi
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Dear Mikalai,
I have appeared for SCJP and secured 88%. Next i want to know which certification should i apply for. Also if you could let me know the whole list of exams useful alsong with the full names and current versions.
All Java exams are located in "Middleware" section.
HTH,
MZ
Anah Dordi
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Thanks a lot MZ but now i'm even more confused.
I guess since I've learnt servlet, struts and now learning EJB i need to appear for Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 6 Web Services Developer Certified Professional Exam.
Thanks.
Mikalai Zaikin
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Oracle WSD 6.0 exam is not released yet. Beta has closed, but production exam should be available in 1...1.5 months. Besides exam not available, the objectives are also not available -- there is a list of topics, but they (topics) are too vague.
If you worked with EJB -- you can take either production SCBCD 5.0, or prepare for JEE 6 EJB test (EJB 3.1 spec -- the best study guide IMO ;) ).
If you worked with Servlets -- you take either production SCWCD 5.0, or prepare for JEE 6 Servlets & JSP test (Servlet 3.0 spec + JSP spec + EL spec).
None of the Oracle (Sun) exam include Struts (since it's a third-party framework)
As for SCDJWS 5.0 (or forthcoming SCDJWS 6.0) -- it's one of the toughest if not the toughtest Java exams, there is no single study guide for SCDJWS, like for SCJP, SCWCD or SCBCD.
Best regards,
MZ
Anah Dordi
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@ MZ
Thanks a lot the picture is clear now.
chan chien yu
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Hi Mikalai,
I am also planning to write SCDJWS 1.5, Can you please send me the quiz. My mail id xu815005@gmail.com
Thanks
SAM
Jackie Li
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Hi All,
I am planning to take SCDJWS 5 exam also, could you share the material or mock exams to lwpro2@gmail.com
Thanks
Jackie
Ram Kumar
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Congrats on your result. Great job for a 1.5 week prep.
-- SCJP 5, OCPJBCD 5, OCPJWSD 5 (in progress)
Ram Kumar
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Mikalai,
Your study guides are wonderful and covers the topics in great depth. Could you please share a PDF version of the SCDJWS 5.0 study notes with me as well.
I would really appreciate it.
Thanks a lot.
Mikalai Zaikin
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Ram Kumar wrote:
Could you please share a PDF version of the SCDJWS 5.0 study notes with me as well.
Hello, Ram,
I provide my WSD 5.0 Guide in PDF only in bundle with my WSD 5.0 Quiz.
Hi!
My SCDJWS 5 study notes PDF is available for free and can be downloaded immediately after registering (free) on Slideshare.
This document is complete in the sense that it covers all the certification topics. I do not promise that it covers everything about each topic, though.
http://www.slideshare.net/krizsan/scdjws-5-study-notes-3085287 Best wishes!
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