Java is the fastest-growing programming language and is expected to overtake C++ and Visual Basic in the next year. In Europe its popularity is even greater, with 60 percent of developers using it. Sun's programmer and developer certifications are two of the hottest in the industry. (CertCities listed the Java certification as one of the 10 hottest for 2002.) Programmers must pass the Programmer exam before taking the Developer exam. The Programmer exam is part of certification tracks offered by Oracle, IBM, BEA, Sybase, and HP, further increasing its market.
Here s the book you need to prepare for the Java 2 Programmer′s and Developer′s exams. This Study Guide provides:
- In–depth coverage of every exam objective for the Programmer′s Exam for J2SE 1.4
- Hundreds of challenging practice questions
- Leading–edge exam preparation software, including a test engine, sample simulation questions, and the entire book on PDF
Authoritative coverage of all Programmer′s exam objectives, including: - Language fundamentals
- Operators and assignments
- Modifiers
- Converting and casting
- Flow control, exceptions, and assertions
- Objects and classes
- Threads
- The java.lang and java.util packages
In–depth coverage of the topics covered in the Developer′s exam, including: - Swing components and events
- Layout managers
- Enhancing and extending the database
- Writing the network protocol
- Building the database server
- Connecting the client and server