Short description
Suns foundation-level Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) for Standard Edition 6 is a must-have for any Java programmer, and is a prerequisite for Suns specialty certifications. This resource is essential preparation for the SCJP and focuses heavily on the skill set that Sun expects its SCJPs to have, with numerous examples, exercises, and real-world scenarios to give readers the tools needed to use what they learn. The material covers declarations, initialization, and scoping; flow control; API contents; concurrency; object-oriented concepts; collections/generics; and fundamentals. The interactive CD-ROM features chapter review questions, two bonus exams, a series of flashcards that can be used on PCs or handheld devices, and an e-book.
Long description
This is the ideal resource for those preparing for the Sun Certified Programmer in Java Standard exam. Sun's foundation-level Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) for Standard Edition 6 is a must-have for any Java programmer, and a prerequisite for Sun's specialty certifications. This book focuses heavily on the skillset Sun expects its SCJPs to have, with numerous examples, exercises, and real-world scenarios to give readers the tools needed to use what they learn. It covers declarations, initialization, and scoping; flow control; API contents; concurrency; object-oriented concepts; collections/generics; and fundamentals. It includes an interactive CD with the Sybex Test Engine featuring chapter review questions, two bonus exams, a series of flashcards that can be used on PCs or handheld devices, and an e-book. Richard Raposa, SCJP, SCJI (Rapid City, SD) is President of JLicense, a Java training center. He has developed hundreds of courses in Java, C++, Visual C++/MFC, Win32 internals, UML, and other object- oriented topics. He is the author of Java in 60 Minutes a Day (978-0-471-42314-0) and Understanding C++ for MFC .