Originally posted by mayur dhawan:
hi,
I want to know when a person is fully mature to give the SCEA examination.
Will is be after giving most of the other certification exams.
But , is it not mandatory to clear other exams to clear SCEA exam.
Please guide.
thanks
mayur
To my knowledge, they are all dependent on you having the
SCJP first. That is the only prerequisite. Go here and check for yourself:
http://www.sun.com/training/certification/java/index.xml?intecmp=1395 and see that they all require SCJP first. (Except the
SCJA, which is completely optional).
As for your maturity question, the SCEA is an architectural exam. If you have not done any
JEE architectural work before, it will seem very tough. Some suggest doing the SCWCD and SCBCD first, but they are also tough and will require at least 2-3 months of heavy study too.
Finally, the SCEA recently got upgraded to SCEA5, meaning it refers to
Java Enterprise Edition 5. Many free mock exams and books out there still refer to the older SCEA, which referred to J2EE, and so those resources will unintentionally mislead you. There is no 'official' study guide for SCEA5. There was a book reading list for the SCEA5 beta exam, but the beta exam is over and cannot be attempted (you must attempt the real SCEA5, or not at all). There is a post somewhere on this forum to the beta reading list. It is a dozen or so books to read.
Regards,
-jeff