OCP STUDY GUIDE

[Deepak Lal]

How is the OCP study guide different from earlier certification guides ?

Deepak Lal

[Deepak Lal]

Hi Jeanne and Scott,
       How is the study guide different from previous study guides

Deepak

[Scott Selikoff]

It includes new material for Java 17, streamlines existing material that used to be split across two books into one book, and has been tailored for the Java 17 exam.  Hope that helps!

[Deepak Lal]

Hi Scott,
                Its good to know that it will be a single ocp study guide book

Regards,
Deepak Lal

[Rafal Pawel Majka]

Hi. I'm thinking to pass Java 11 exam, but now with Java 17 exam I don't know whether study for 11 or choose 17.  I'm a computer science student and I have some experience with Java. I would like to gain a certificate in order to improve my knowledge about java language and maybe find my first job.  Any
advice will be very appreciated

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Rafal,
I think you should study for the exam your study guide is for. If you haven't bought one yet, buy 17. But if you already have the Java 11 study guide, take 11.

[Deepak Lal]

Jeanne and scott,
           What are the winners getting a ebook or a hard copy
Because a hard copy is worth carrying and reading

Hope to win a copy of print version of this book.

Regards,
Deepak Lal

[Rafal Pawel Majka]

Hi Jeanne.

I already have study guide 11, so I will study for it. Thank you for the advise. Have a nice day

[Campbell Ritchie]

Deepak Lal wrote:. . . ebook or a hard copy . . .

Paper books are nice, but it is for the publishers to decide which format the prize is in. Remember it is more awkward to send paper books by post to some places than eBooks.

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Deepak,
We (CodeRanch) ask the winners to say what format they prefer. No guarantees the publishers will honor it. But most publishers send it electronically if the winner wants an ebook. After all, less expensive for them!

[Deepak Lal]

Deepak Lal wrote:Jeanne and scott,
           What are the winners getting a ebook or a hard copy
Because a hard copy is worth carrying and reading

Hope to win a copy of print version of this book.

Regards,
Deepak Lal

When are the winners going to be announced.?

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Deepak Lal wrote:When are the winners going to be announced.?

THat's up to Tim as the person running this week's promo. It's usually Friday or Saturday though (and on occasion Sunday) . i think it is safe to rule out Friday at this point .

[Tim Cooke]

The promotion closes at midnight, Ranch Time, on Friday night and I usually aim for 10am Saturday in my timezone, currently 3am Ranch Time, to pick the winners and do all the other administrative jobs relating to it.

But we're all volunteers and sometimes we have other more important things to do and the winners are not picked until later. And that's absolutely ok with us too.

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Tim Cooke wrote:The promotion closes at midnight, Ranch Time, on Friday night

At latest. When I run a promo, I often draw winners between 7 and 9pm Ranch time on that Friday.

[Turan Kaya]

Hi,
I just started to study from your book. In Chapter 1 "Running a Program in One Line" section you say "By contrast, you cannot use this new feature for a single-file program with two classes on it". But did I misunderstand? I tried and it worked with two classes in one file. I didn't give "javac Zoo.java" command. Here is my code:

public class Zoo {
   public static void main(String[] args){
	for(int i=0; i < args.length; i++) {
	   System.out.println(args[i]);
	}
	Test test = new Test();
   }
}
class Test{
}

Command:
-> java Zoo.java myTestArg

Result:
-> myTestArg


Edit:
This was reported as mistake at https://www.selikoff.net/ocp11-1/

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Turan,
Yeah. I had misunderstood this feature when the book came out.