where to download these book?

[Jack Chen]

hi folks,
I'm preparing the SCJEA 1. I found these books were mostly recommended in this forum. But I can not find them in my country.
Can anybody give me the URL where to download these books? The list is below.
1.Design Patterns: by Erich Gamma
2.UML Distilled: by Martin Fowler, Kendall Scott, Grady Booch
3.Java 2 Certification Training Guide : by Jamie Jaworski
BTW, what's the Blueprint refer to? J2ee specs 1.1 or Java Pet Store1.3?(sorry for my ignorant question)
Thanks for your time!
Jack

[Mark Spritzler]

Jack, I don't think they are free. They are 2 out of three of the most popular books sold, so of course the publisher won't let that go out free.
I think you need to go to bookpool.com or amazom.com.
I think bookpool will probably be cheaper.
Mark

[Mark Spritzler]

Oh, and here's a link to Jaworski's mock exams. There is a review questions protion that gives you a question, then answers it and gives you an explanation. It is pretty good.
http://www.jaworski.com/java/certification/
Mark

[Jack Chen]

that's so disappointed, but thanks!

[herve attia]

Don't be disapointed...today Santa Claus is back
You can learn Design Pattern ( Better than GOF book because it provides Java source code !)
http://www.patterndepot.com/put/8/JavaPatterns.htm
UML distilled : some chapters are http://cseng.aw.com/book/0,,0201325632,00.html
I recommend this resource : clear explanation just enought for the exam !
http://www.togethersoft.com/files/services/umlonlinecourse/

Concerning Jaworski...IMHO, questions are not close to the real exam !

[Mark Spritzler]

Concerning Jaworski...IMHO, questions are not close to the real exam !

Really? So where is a good place to get some kind of mock questions to study from?
Mark

[Jack Chen]

thanks herve,
you r the real Santa Claus
I have already found the first two resource.The third one you recommend is really enoungh for exams? If that's true, it will save me a lot of money.
Any other comments would be appreciated.Thanks!
jack

[herve attia]

Yes. the Together UML link is really enough. Exam has only 3-4 simplistic questions.
Jaworki questions are not architecture scenarios. It is interesting reading for legacy systems.
Where can we find good exam questions ?
I would say going through Javaranch Forum (september-october)and others links....
IMHO, you just need to have a global knowlegde of each SCEA objectives..not deeply. Understand the concept not learn by heart is important !

[JiaPei Jen]

What is IMHO?

[Alberto Dell'Era]

Originally posted by JiaPei Jen:
What is IMHO?

In My Humble Opinion
like FYI (For Your Information),
RTFM (Read The Fine Manual),
ROTFL (Rolling On The Floor Laughing) ...
they are all common abbreviations in newsgroups

[ching]

What is "lol"?

[Axel Janssen]

Originally posted by ching:
What is "lol"?

ROTFL (Rolling On The Floor Laughing) LIGHT
laughing out loud