clear SCDJWS today, it is really HARD.

[Xiao Qian]

cleared SCDJWS today with score of 85%,
it it so hard to pass, there are some questions that I have no idea where they come from.
and the RMH's J2ee web services book is far not enough for passing this exam, I got lot of questions from web service security, J2EE, xml parsing, xslt etc, and some questions I don't know where they come from.

I have read through the J2EE web services(RMH) for 3 times, I think that there is about 60%-70% questions come from that book, it is not enough to pass the exam if you read that book only.


SCJP, SCWCD, SCBCD, SCDJWS
[ April 17, 2005: Message edited by: Xiao Qian ]

[Ashish Garg]

Congrats thats gr8 score

[Ko Ko Naing]

Originally posted by Xiao Qian:
...there are some questions that I have no idea where they come from.....
...and some questions I don't know where they come from.

I have read through the J2EE web services(RMH) for 3 times, I think that there is about 60%-70% questions come from that book, it is not enough to pass the exam if you read that book only.

Congratulations and thanks a lot for the tips.

Are those questions about general web services concepts?

So what's next? SCEA? :roll:

[Subramanian Murali]

That is really a gr8 score!
Congratulations!

I am also preparing for SCDJWS!

If J2EE Web Services (RMH) is not enough, what other book we need to refer to clear this exam successfully?

How long did u prepare for this exam? Did u make use of any simulator?

[Xiao Qian]

To Ko KO Naing:

for some strange questions, I don't think that they are related to web services concepts, for example, some quesitons relate to very details about API level for JAXB ,etc.

your guess is right, my next step is SCEA,

[Xiao Qian]

To Murali,

for preparing this exam,

I use two books, one is RMH's J2EE Web Services and the other one is Web Service Security, I had spent about 6 week to prepare,

I downloaded the WhizLabs simulator, and try the trial version, there are 22 questions there, I didn't purchase it because it is too expansive.

[Ajith Kallambella]

Congratulations on your achievement. Despite the sparse traffic in this forum and the well-known difficulty of this exam, it is very encouraging to see people cracking the test and coming out with flying colors.

In your opinion, were there questions that strayed from exam objectives published by Sun?

Thanks

[Subramanian Murali]

Xiao Qian, Thanx for u'r reply!
All the best for u'r SCEA!

[Xiao Qian]

For Kallambella,

actually, I didn't pay much attention to the exam objectives published by Sun before I took the exam. for example, I have no knowledge about the JAXB at all, when I got some questions from JAXB in the exam, I got headache at that time, but after I took the exam, I took a quick look on the exam objectives, the objectives DO MENTION the JAXB.
[ April 18, 2005: Message edited by: Xiao Qian ]

[Nicholas Cheung]

Well done!

Nick

[Johannes Postma]

Congratulations!
A great score!

[urvish shah]

Hi Xiao

Congrats for passing with good score.

Can you mention which book for "Web Service Security" did you read? Did you read the entire book or portion of it?

Thanks
Urvish

[Xiao Qian]

Hi Shah,

The URL of the book that I mentioned before is here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0072224711/qid=1113867274/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-3075208-7375249?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

I do read the entire book, but I have only read through it for 1 times,
and prety quickly because I have some working experience on that.

don't worry because the exam questions about security are very straightforward. you just need to understand every concept very well.

[urvish shah]

Hi Xiao

Thanks for the quick reply. One more thing is that I am preparing and planning to take this exam in May.
I have completed RMH book once. I have to reread again to memorize again. I am also going to read Miklais guide.
But if you can tell me which part to concentrate more (e.g. JAXP, JAXR). JAXR seems little difficult in compare to other JAVA APIs. Do they ask more questions on that
Any guidelines will be helpful.
Thanks
-Urvish

[Billy Tsai]

is SCDJWS harder than IBM 141(XML and related technologies)?
and which Certification is more valuable IBM Certified Developer for XML and related technologies or SCDJWS?

[Jesus Angeles]

congrats!

a cert book will certainly help...thats why ill take other exams now while waiting for max habibi's book