Passed Part 1 with 93%

[Samit Das]

Hi Folks,
I passed part 1 last week. Scoring pattern like this -->
1Concepts 100%
2Common architectures 83%
3Legacy connectivity 100%
4EJB 77%
5EJB Container model 100%
6Protocols 100%
7Applicability of J2EE 100%
8Patterns 100%
9Messaging 100%
10Internationalisation 100%
11Security 100%
It was easier than expected ! But the preparation taught so many things to me. I took around 4 months to get prepared.
Most time consuming was capturing Design patterns. Since I have been a practitioner of J2EE for quite some yrs, most of the things were either obvious or a detailed study.
I like to be thankful to javaranch guys and people in some other forums who kept on asking, discussing, resolving issues/questions. Actually I didn't have to participate actively in discussions although have been a close watcher on all threads. Thanks to u guys for making life easier !! Good job !!
Now moving to part 2....
Thanks,
--Samit

[suryan kumar]

Congratulations on passing the exam, Could you let us know
the list of preparatory materials that you have used for the exam.
Regards
Prathap.

[Samit Das]

Thanks.
I have used following books --
1. UML Distilled (Martin Fowler)
2. Design Patterns (GOF)
3. Java 2 network security (Gupta et al) -- (good one, may not require to pass this part)
4. Enterprise Java Beans - Oreilley
5. Mastering EJB - Ed Romans
6. Old book of Jaworski for SCJP + SCJA
Took a glimpse of following notes --
1. PDF notes (scea_prep)
2. Balaji's notes (scea_prep)
3. John's/Hoe's post in Javaranch
Articles in
1. Javaworld
2. Sun
3. Serverside.com
4. Hillside.net
5. OnJava.com
Exam is cool one to test u through scenerios and options !!
I enjoyed 100% of the prep and actual test.
Thanks,
--Samit

[Dave Cronin]

Congratulations