Certification

Java 2 Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, 3rd Edition

Format: Hardcover
Author: William Stanek
ReleaseDate: 25 September, 2001
Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill
Rating:

Excellent book for Java 1.4 exams
4 Exam 310-035 is the actual one I used this book to study for. The Java 1. One thing I didn't mention is that the version of this book I had only covered the 1. 2 exam. Thanks for my friend's recommendation I skipped the java. io and java. awt discussions when studying for the Java 1. 4 exam. The Java 1. 4 exam also covers wrappers, collections and assertions. Wrapper classes are covered in this book on pages 301 to 305 so this gave me what I needed to know based on the 310-035 exam objectives. In this book pages 314 to 318 cover collections and gave me a good start on what I needed to know for the exam. I also used a few java web sites to help me study collections, wrappers and assertions just to be safe, so this book with the additional help from one of these sites should get you a good score. I'm waiting for mine now but had no trouble on the exam whatsoever.

Java 2 All-in-One 3rd Edition
He recommended it highly and I do too. I got this from a friend who had just used it to pass the Programmer Exam. Java 2 All-in-One covers both the programmer and the developer exams. It provides an excellent chapter by chapter breakdown of what you need to know to pass the exams, providing a solid mix of detail, examples and review.

No coverage of real stuff
It doesn't really cover the more difficult topics tested in the exam. This book only covers what a novice programmer already know. I'd highly recommend that you consider the "Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide" which explains the difficult topics in a clear, concise and detailed manner.