Passed Part 1 with 95%

[Gopesh Khandelwal]

Hi All,

I just passed Part 1 today with 95%.

My resources:
�Cade's book
�Ed Roman for EJB
�UML Distilled
�Head First for Design Patterns
�IBM Java certification success, Part 4: SCEA
�http://www.exforsys.com/certification/sun-certification.html
�http://www.moelholm.com/
�John Wetherbie's part I notes:
�Ramu's Notes
�Pete Morgan's Sun Certified Enterprise Architect Part 1 Notes
�This forum

[ravindra janapreddy]

Congratulations!

[Deepak Bala]

Congrats !

[Nik Arora]

Congrats



Regards
Nik
Scjp 1.5

[Prabhu Venkatachalam]

Congratulations Dude!!!

I have few questions:

1. Is Head First EJB book is OK for preparing for EJB part?

2. Does Mark Cade book covers all the Sections of Part 1 exam?

3. How much time it takes you to prepare for the exam and how many years of experience you have in JAVA/J2EE?

Thanks in Advance.

[naga ala]

Hi Gopesh,
I am happy that you have cleared SCEA.All the best in your future endevours!!.
[ May 30, 2007: Message edited by: naga ala ]

[Gopesh Khandelwal]

Hey Prabhu,

Hope below answers may be helpful for you.


1.Is Head First EJB book is OK for preparing for EJB part?

I didn�t get a chance to study the HF- EJB book. However I can
defiantly say that ED Roman is a very good book.


2.Does Mark Cade book covers all the Sections of Part 1 exam?

Not really. However it may give you a very good start for the
certification.


3.How much time it takes you to prepare for the exam and how many
years of experience you have in JAVA/J2EE?

I have 7 years of experience. I am lucky enough to get the
opportunity to work on very good J2EE financial projects. I have
been working as a J2ee Architect since last 2Years.

[Parvathi Gontina]

Hey Gopesh..

Congrats!!!

Thanks for sharing your experiences with us.
How much time did you took for the preparation?
Do you have any prior experience in designing.
Even I want to give the exam, but I dont have any prior experience in designing. Can you please suggest me any thing on this.

Cheers,
Parvathi

[Gopesh Khandelwal]

Hi Parvathi,

It took me around 4 months of preparation for the exam. I have good experience in designing. However I can defiantly say that it is not mandatory for the exam. You can gain similar knowledge by study good books and apply that knowledge into mock exams.

[guillermo urdaneta]

sir, if the whizlab exam fine to help me to pass the certification
can you give me your feeling, because i have studied like an animal, but i feel that the scenaries questions are confusing, i appreciate the advice of yours, about it.

thanks

[Gopesh Khandelwal]

I don�t have much idea on whizlab exam. However I can defiantly say that you need real life experience or equivalent book knowledge to earn good score.

[Vassili Vladimir]

Congrats

[Beppe Catanese]

Ciao Guillermo

I did use the Whizlab for the SCEA part 1 and I found it pretty useful. I decided to buy (well, get my company to buy it for me.. ) because I found it extremely useful for SCJP and SCWCD.
However for SCEA part 1 it is possible to do without it (I think) if you experience traverses the different aspects and topics required.
Personally my EJB experience wasn't great, same for legacy connectivity/applet security... so for those it really helped me.

Good luck

Beppe