SCEA Links Page

[Jeff Kenyon]

I�ve been unable to find a �Links� page for the SCEA exam on JavaRanch, similar to what was put together for the SCWCD certification (http://www.javaranch.com/scwcdlinks.jsp). While I�m not a particularly good candidate for putting something like this together (I�ve just started pulling together my study plan, and don�t plan to take the exam until later in 2002), I did a review of this discussion area, and came up with the following:
SCEA Links
Objectives and Documents
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Sun�s Certification Success Guide (containing test objectives) http://suned.sun.com/US/images/certification_archj2ee_07_01.pdf
Tutorials
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The J2EE Tutorial http://java.sun.com/j2ee/tutorial/1_3-fcs/index.html
Practical UML: A Hands-On Introduction for Developers http://www.togethersoft.com/files/services/umlonlinecourse/index.html
Mock Exams
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Jamie Jaworski�s Mock Exam http://www.jaworski.com/java/certification/
A set of mock exam questions (author unknown) http://www.x-nt.com/questions.html
Notes and Information
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The Java BluePrints site. http://java.sun.com/blueprints/
Prasks Resources on Sun Certified Java Architect http://prasks.webahn.com/scja.html
Marcus Green�s certification site (contains additional links) http://www.jchq.net/faq/jarchitect.htm
Very good notes, links, etc. http://www.x-nt.com/index.html
certificationguru.com http://www.certificationguru.com/javacertification.html
Amit Jnagal�s SCEA Resources http://www.stormpages.com/jnagal/concepts.html
Recommended Reading
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Alur, D., et. al. (2001), Core J2EE Patterns: Best Practices and Design Strategies. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130648841/
Gamma, et. al. (1995), Design Patterns (the infamous GoF book). http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201633612/
Monson-Haefel, R. (2001), Enterprise JavaBeans (3rd Edition). http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596002262/
Oakes, Scott (2001), Java Security (2nd Edition). http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596001576/
Arrignton, C.T. (2001), Enterprise Java with UML. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471386804/
Related Reading
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Booch, G., et. al. (1999). The Unified Modeling Language User�s Guide http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201571684/
Fowler, M., and Scott, K. (2000), UML Distilled. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/020165783X/
Fowler, M. (1999), Refactoring. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201485672/
Page-Jones, M. (2000), Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Design in UML. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/020169946X/
(Note: I�m not endorsing the above books, just listing them.)
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Would a moderator be able to create a single links page that members of Javaranch could contribute to (rather than hiding pointers in individual discussions)?
For my personal study plan�the company I work for subscribes to BrainBench (http://www.brainbench.com/), so my current plan is to do a fair bit of studying during the first quarter of 2002, and use the following Brainbench tests to informally chart my progress in a couple of areas also covered on the SCEA Part I exam:
- Object Oriented Design Patterns
- Java EJB
- CORBA 2.3 Java
- Optional: OO Concepts, Data Integration
Thoughts?
Jeff
SCPJ2, SCWCD

[SJ Adnams]

Hi Jeff,
The x-nt.com website is mine (blush), I've just brightened it up & hopefully some of my notes on the other pages will be useful to people too.

Thanks, Simon

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http://www.x-nt.com

[Bhagvan Kommadi]

I have added your links to my page on SCJEA
http://bhagvank.tripod.com/suncertifiedenterprisearchitect/id3.html

Bhagvan K
SCJP,SCJEA part I, IBM 483 http://bhagvank.tripod.com