Shubeer Shaik

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My IDE was Netbeans and all my development was done in a Linux virtual machine - you can use VirtualBox; free and from Oracle themselves. Helps with the testing if you have limited hardware resources. But just get a buddy to hook up to your LAN and test with another physical machine in the end just to be sure.

As far as visual development is concerned, it helped when I was learning swing, but I hand-coded the layout when it was time to do the assignment. You'll see that the GUI is one of the lowest priorities for the markers out of the 400 points, so that should give you an idea that concentrating on you getting the non-visual aspects is their mission. As correctly mentioned, no 3rd party stuff is to be found in the question, just a plain old fashioned text file which you have to turn into a mini database - no JDBC, no SQL, etc. And then use the database you created to create an application, so yes, a layered architecture sounds like the right option.

Buy the assignment, you'll have a better idea after reading the specification.
You might want to check out http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=321 which suggests that the course submission form indicates you've met the course requirements, so I understand that to mean you do not have to do the course before the assignment, but just that you must have done the course before asking for the certification.
Also, the assignment I was given insisted on the use of Swing visual components only, so you might also want to double check your reference on that too.

Other than that, from what you've said about your experience, I think you should be in good shape for the assignment.
Looking at the current US prices:

Developing Applications With the Java SE 6 Platform Classroom Training = US$ 3,250

Developing Applications With the Java SE 6 Platform Self Study CD-ROM @ US$ 660 + US$ 2,250 for Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Using UML Classroom Training = US$ 2,910 total

Which saves you US$ 340. I must warn you though, the CD course for Developing Applications With the Java SE 6 Platform although sufficient to get you done with your assignment, might be a bit lacking in certain areas, e.g. Swing, but the unnecessarily smart people on this forum and google are perfect to fill in the gaps. I'm not sure how much it differs from the classroom course. You can buy the CD course first and after you pass the assignment phase you can do the UML course, which you can decide not to do if you don't make the assignment phase, saving you the US$ 2,910 you would have spent on that course if you did it first.

Of course the classroom UML course can be replaced with another one of the courses from the list, but I chose this one to at least give me a shot at another certification and helping with my professional development and marketability. I feel the new requirement to do a course to get a certification is a travesty, but at least this will soften the blow Of course, the other suggestion to work from the book will also save you even more (as opposed to the CDROM course), but I tend to nod off reading books. This is just what I did.

Good luck and let us know what you decide.
Hi Helen,

I was in the same position as you a couple of weeks back and decided to do the following:

I'm gonna do the classroom UML course in a couple of weeks time and bought the CDROM version of the Developing Applications With the Java SE 6 Platform course a couple of weeks back. The CDROM course has helped me finish the assignment and what was good is that you can rewind and replay something if you don't understand it. And if you combine the price of the two, they add up to roughly the same as the classroom Developing Applications With the Java SE 6 Platform course. Submitted my assignment yesterday and writing the essay tomorrow so hoping for a positive result from that. If I pass the essay/assignment then I'm gonna do the UML course which will be helpful for my OMG UML certification. And if I don't make the assignment/essay part, there's no need for the UML course which will save the expense, but I'm sure it won't come to that

Just another suggestion. See if it will suite you too.

Shubeer
Hi Guys,

I'm just going through the specs for the URLyBird assignment and have a question that I hope those who have passed will be able to shed some light on.

If the create method throws DuplicateKeyException, does this mean that the entire record must be unique in the database, ie. the primary key is a composite of all the fields? If the database itself hands out the id's to inserted records (ensuring they are unique), how is it that such an exception will be thrown? And furthermore, why does the method return an integer id if you are inserting a record with an id already? All this leads me to conclude that there can never be records that have the exact same field values in the database, a situation which seems illogical if there are 2 separate rooms at the same exact hotel on the same exact day.

Why does the find method throw RecordNotFoundException? You aren't searching for a specific record, just matches for criteria, so either there are n results or no results (i.e. not an exception)

My initial thought as far as handling these seemingly nonsensical exceptions thrown from the DBMain interface is to declare the exceptions as descendants of RuntimeException so they don't have to be catered for in my code. Do you think this is something the marker might take exception to (pun intended )?
Thanks for your feedback Ganesan.

I have looked at the products you mentioned and note that the trial software does not include any training material taking the student from novice to being proficient in any of the technologies mentioned. It seems to provide practice exams which is not what I am looking for. There is mention of a 'software book' and 'study guide', but I can't seem to find a sample of what is on offer in the trial, so I don't think it would be wise for me to purchase such a product without that information. And the computer voice in the demos are very annoying, so if the entire course consists of instruction in that voice, I'll be put off studying the material altogether.

If you're able to provide me with samples of the study material on offer, I would be prepared to take a fresh look at the products since the price seems to be much more reasonable.

Thanks again for your input though.
Hi everyone,

I'm a complete noob when it comes to Java EE and have taken some time off to move into that field of development and am considering studying for and writing the 4 exams offered by Oracle covering the Java EE 6 platform between the programmer and architect exams. But, I'm struggling to find an all-in-one solution to help me prepare for these exams.

I'd like to know how good the coverage of Oracle's self-study course is in preparing for these exams. If you've used this particular course to prepare for these exams, please let me know how helpful it was. Any other helpful resources in getting me into the Java EE 6 loop would also be appreciated.

Thanks.