Cleared SCEA 5 part 1

[Jon Ferguson]

Hey guys,

Harder than I expected but managed a 75% score.

I've been working with J2EE for 9 years and have worked experienced the changes. Finally bit the bullet with v5 since there are significant benefits compared to EJB 2. Mostly driven by popular demand and the likes of Spring.

I spent quite a lot of time re-reading and studying things like:
*Go4 (no surprise there)
*J2EE patterns (I already had the original version but bought version 2 as it has web-service related stuff - well worth it.. I think they even have updated the best practices, etc. - found myself enjoying a second read).
*Mastering EJB3.0 (another good read)
*I also used Whizlabs SCEA5 to get in the testing groove... it's ok but has some serious faults.. partly still stuck in pre-v5 stuff, partly poor english, partly programming errors that caused it to crash.. however.. the 3 full length tests were helpful.. and I have to say that although the quick review sheet was obviously written pre-v5, it has some good input.
*a review of the latest J2EE tutorial
*general Sun website reading on aspect of JAX-WS etc.

The best thing about all this was tripping over some new stuff I didn't know much of it just cool tech... And of course working the logic of enterprise design issues.. really enjoyed looking again at J2EE patterns.. and GO4.

So I guess this will actually improve my designs! Surprise!

All the best,
Jon

[Joe San]

Congratulations!

[Juan Pablo Crossley]

Gratz!!!,

[Nilesh Kaneriya]

Congrats!!

Thanks for sharing your experience.

[Sharma Ritu]

Thanks for your valuable feedback. We will look after this matter.
Congratulations!We are glad to have contributed to your success! We look forward to contributing to your future certification exams.

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[Cameron Wallace McKenzie]

Congratulations!

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[Mikalai Zaikin]

Congratulations !

[Karthikeyan Varadarajan]

Congrats

[Arvind Tiwari]

Hi Folks,

Just wanted to share with you kind people that yesterday I have cleared the SCEA part 1 by 71%, I know it�s not good but I think its OK for a month effort though I had around 8 Years of experience in J2EE technologies.
I am totally agree with �Jon Ferguson� that it was Harder than I expected, any ways it is not to discourage any one who is planning to take this exam.

Good Luck,
Arvn

[Nilesh Kaneriya]

Congrats Arvn!!

[Naren Chivukula]

Congrats Jon & Arnv! You did a fantastic job indeed!

Can you guys please let me know what all study materials have you used?

Thanks and Regards,
Naren

[Jon Ferguson]

Hey guys. Thanks for all the congrats. I've been away from my desk and just managed to get back on after a busy 2 weeks. The positive vibes in this place rocks!

Cheers,
Jon

[Bert Bates]

Congrats Guys,

Let's slide this over to the results forum...

Bert

[Krishna Srinivasan]

congrats!!

[Daniel Abella]

Congratulations!