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Raju - 03 Sep 2007 14:25 GMT

hello friends,
I am want to appear the SCJP . I want to the differece of SCJP 1.4/
1.5. Also how to study for it.

Thanks
Abhijit

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Lew - 03 Sep 2007 15:52 GMT

> hello friends,
> I am want to appear the SCJP . I want to the differece of SCJP 1.4/
> 1.5. Also how to study for it.

Java 1.4 entered its "End-of-Life" process (removal from support and
publication) in December, 2006, and will be obsolete when Java 7 is released
in 2008.

The certification for Java 5 is referred to as "Sun Certified Programmer for
the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0". Notice that it isn't "1.5".

The difference between the certifications is that the 1.4 certification
attests to one's knowledge of Java 1.4, whereas the 5.0 certification attests
to one's knowledge of Java 5.

If you navigate to
<http://www.sun.com/training/certification/java/scjp.xml>
there are links to (expensive) training and (less expensive) practice exams.

To pass, you should be comfortable with all the material in all the Sun tutorials:
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/index.html>

Obviously you won't need generics and other Java 5-specific features if you're
going for 1.4 certification, but why would you do that? Java 1.4 is
obsolescent, if still widely used, and the Java 5 certification would include
the knowledge needed for 1.4.

To ace the exam, know the Java Language Specification (JLS) cold,
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/j3TOC.html>

For more docs see
<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/>

For book recommendations I defer to other respondents.

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Raju - 04 Sep 2007 11:37 GMT

> > hello friends,
> > I am want to appear the SCJP . I want to the differece of SCJP 1.4/
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> --
> Lew

Many many thanks. I have heard that 1.4 is much easier than 1.5
If i go for 1.5, what are new topics need to cover up. Now i ahve some
confident on 1.4 .so, how many times will be needed for rest of the
topic for 1.5. Can u give me mark distribution in each topic.

Thanks

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Lew - 04 Sep 2007 13:26 GMT

> Many many thanks. I have heard that 1.4 is much easier than 1.5
> If i go for 1.5, what are new topics need to cover up. Now i ahve some

<http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/relnotes/features.html>

Have you /tried/ reading http://java.sun.com for information?

Also, GIYF.

> confident on 1.4 .so, how many times will be needed for rest of the

What do you mean by "how many times will be needed"? I don't understand the
question.

The test is 175 minutes long.

> topic for 1.5. Can u give me mark distribution in each topic.

What is "mark distribution"? Do you mean how do people score? I don't
believe Sun releases that information. I'm pretty sure the tests aren't
organized by "topic", but not having seen one I can't be sure. How would this
information be of any help to you anyway?

The tests are rigorous. You have to know the material pretty darned well to pass.

You can buy sample tests from Sun.

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Manivannan Palanichamy - 05 Sep 2007 15:20 GMT

> hello friends,
> I am want to appear the SCJP . I want to the differece of SCJP 1.4/
> 1.5. Also how to study for it.
>
> Thanks
> Abhijit

I would recommend you to just explore this forum:
http://saloon.javaranch.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=24

It is very active forum, you can meet lots of scjp aspirants, and
those who have already done it.

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Manivannan Palanichamy
http://mani.gw.googlepages.com/index.html

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