thejavajar

Passed. My study and prep time is over and I couldn’t be more excited. I don’t know if I am more excited about passing the exam or more excited about not having to study for it. It was a tough test, and there were a few turns and curves that I wasn’t really prepared for. I mostly got stuck on some code examples that I did not recognize or did not know how to interpret.

I studied a solid 8 days total, 7 evenings after work and one Sunday. I am horrible at taking tests so maybe my prep and study time was a bit too much. I don’t know, if you are Java Web developer doing CRUD work, you may not have a true understanding of all what Java has to offer, especially if you are always tied to a framework that hides most of the Java code implementation. I love frameworks like Spring, Hibernate, iBatis, and Struts because I do not want to do all the work someone has already done. I see a need for frameworks, especially when you are always repeating the same set of tasks. But if you are doing something new in a new “space”, then you really need to know where Java can help you.

Tags: SCJP

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