I am preparing for Sun Certified Programmer

[Tina Jain]

I am preparing for Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0 Upgrade Exam (CX-310-056), I am already a SCJP for 1.4.

Which book is best for me.

Head First Java, 2nd Edition
Or
SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 5 Study Guide (Exam 310-055)

Any help will be greatly helpful.
Thanks for your help in advance.

[abhishek patil]

Hi Tina,

According to me SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 5 Study Guide

is best i guess..I have gone through it & am very much clear interms of concepts. If you have already cleared 1.4 then for advanced topics in this book are pretty good.

[Jesper de Jong]

Because you are not a beginner anymore and the SCJP 5 Study Guide is specifically about the SCJP 5 exam (it covers exactly what you need to know for the exam), I'd say the SCJP 5 Study Guide would be a better choice.

Note that Java 5 has a number of new language features (generics, new for-loop syntax, autoboxing, enums, varargs, annotations, ...) you will have to learn some new things.

[ketki kalkar]

Originally posted by Tina Jain:
I am preparing for Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0 Upgrade Exam (CX-310-056), I am already a SCJP for 1.4.

Which book is best for me.

Head First Java, 2nd Edition
Or
SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 5 Study Guide (Exam 310-055)

Any help will be greatly helpful.
Thanks for your help in advance.

hi,
I am also giving the SCJP 1.4 exam on this thursday..Is it very tough as compared to the mock exams oin sites like javabeat,jdiscuss,whizlabs etc.?What score is sufficient in mock exam to pass the actual exam?Please guide me with a reply.
Thankyou

[marc weber]

Originally posted by ketki kalkar:
...Please guide me...

Please see our SCJP FAQ: Am I ready to take the exam?

[Sudarshan Sreenivasan]

hi i gave the exam on last saturday .... its is much easier than the mock exams !!! Dont sweat at all !!! ..... According to me what you will get in the actual exam is +10 or -10 of what you get in the mock tests !!

[Burkhard Hassel]

Howdy ranchers,

sid sree posted Today

hi i gave the exam on last saturday

for(int i=0; i<10; i++) {
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}

Yours,
Bu.