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
