I'm hoping that I can get someone to help
boost my confidence here. I'm currently studying for the
SCJP and I'm picking up the material in the studyguide extremely well. In fact I'm scoring 50% or better on each practice
test in the book. (I take them the following day not 5 minutes after I read it).
While those arent stellar numbers the majority of my incorrect answers are because I'm failing a lot of times to see
VERY small details in the code. I've been programming for 15 years in various languages and while the material is easy, some of these code snippets are INSANE. It's almost unfair how a detail of a code piece can smoke you regardless of the compententcy of the topic area.
Now the book says "watch for this, etc. etc." and they have come out and said the book tries to throw you for a loop (in preparation for the exam.) I'm all for studying but I dont see a way to study for code thats written just to trip you up.
My question is (are you still with me) just how tough ARE these code snippets on the exam? I've seen others on the web that look complicated but easy to follow. Should I give up now? Is there more Hype than fact here? Like I said I've been doing this 15 years and the topics are easy, it's these
code blocks that are killing me!
Honest feedback?