khalid's scjp book

[janki tangeda]

Hi,

Is there anyone who has used just Khalid Mughal's book and passed the scjp 1.4 exam.i have the java2 complete reference and Khalid's certification book.Are they enough?

[Ice Penov]

Hi,

I just used Khalid's book and passed the exam with no problem. If you trully understand Khalid's great book, then you'll pass the exam with great ease, trust me.

All the best,
Ice

[janki tangeda]

Thanks Ice.I have one more question regarding the exam.In exam objectives under fundamental classes in java.lang, only few classes are listed..the wrapper classes and String classes.What about the other classes in java.lang like classLoader,compiler and others?Do we have to know every method of every class in java.lang for the exam?

[Ice Penov]

Hi,

the Khalid book you hold can be pretty comprehensive. For example, the last Chapter 11--The Collections Framework, at least 80% in that chapter is not required for the exam. However, you'll understand things better if you know a little bit more. That's the Khalid/Rasmussen approach I like.

The java.lang package and all its methods for the Java API was my weak spot for the exam(and I did pretty OK the rest). Because prior to taking the exam I did not had Java work-experience with this package. It seemed stupid to learn all the method signatures. I think a programmer should refer to API when he feels a particular class service is needed.

I'd suggest learning the most important methods in the Wrapper,String(buffer),Object class. Try to group the methods by their behaviour, you'll remember them more easily.

Hope this helps,
Ice