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Dear friends I am planning to take up SCJP exam.I am thinking to take up java1.4 or java1.5...so please can you people suggest which will be better and the time taken for its preparation..i have experience about 6 months working in java...
 
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Don't you think the SCJP forum is better for this question?

When you yet have to start preparing, why would you not prepare for the more recent version? I don't see a reason to take an older exam.
 
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Originally posted by bart zagers:
Don't you think the SCJP forum is better for this question? ...


Off it goes...
 
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Hi Mohan,

The SCJP FAQ should answer many of your initial questions. In general, I'd recommend that you take the Java 5 (a.k.a. 1.5) exam instead of the 1.4 exam, unless you have a special reason for choosing otherwise. A lot of new language features were added in Java 5, and now that Java 6's already out, the value of a SCJP 1.4 certification is probably on a steep decline.

The required preparation time will depend a lot on your own ability, experience, and comfort level. Have you had much programming experience aside from your six months of Java work? Do you have a degree or other formal training that involved substantial Java coding? If your answer to both is no, I'd say that you should give yourself at least 3-4 months (with at least 3 hours per day) to prepare for the exam. If you do have substantial experience, you can probably get by with 1-2 months or less (I took my test after only two weeks of preparation, but I was aided by my two degrees in CS and Software Engineering, plus several years of Java programming experience ).

A good first step would be to try out an SCJP mock exam or (better yet) Sun's own free SCJP proficiency assessment test. If you can get at least 30% of those questions right, you're in very good shape and can probably get by with less preparation time.
[ October 31, 2007: Message edited by: Kelvin Lim ]
 
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Thank you for your kind advice..i have already started with java 5.i have done my engg in mechanical but have ben trained on java for 4 months.now working with programming from past 8 months..so please guide me how can proceed my prepartion for hte exam as am working in office too..how long it takes for full preparation..
 
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I am taking java 5 too...placement hard! study hard! and play hard!
good luck with us..
 
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hello all!!

I am new to this site and i am preparing for SCJP5.I have very few days left for my actual exam.My exam is on 18th nov.To be very honest last month i gave K&B mock test and i failed....coz i was not serious and completed the exam within 85 mins.....but now i am quite serious and working very hard.Recently i scored 80% on examulator.
I will be very pleased if all of you provide me with some help or suggestion/s
 
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