Originally posted by Ram:
Hi Kathy,
I am preparing for my SCWCD 1.4. I am preparing using the book "SCWCD Exam Kit". Well i recently saw that ur book would be released by August. I am planning to write my exams by Aug. I am really worried abt the new syllabus. Well how good is SCWCD Exam kit for SCWCD 1.4.
Hi Ram--
Of course Kathy is the more qualified person to answer this question; I just wanted to throw in a comment as well. I had planned to finish reading the "SCWCD Exam Study Kit" before intending to sign up for the exam, and was unpleasantly surprised to find out they had released a new version of the SCWCD exam by the time I had finished it. I believe some of the major exam requirements that the study kit does NOT cover include:
- the new JSTL
- the new JSP Expression Language (EL) and the JSP directives related to it
- the new Simple Tag model
- Mentions, but does not cover some of the
J2EE patterns req'd by
the new exam
I went with Kathy's recommendation to look into "Pro JSP" by Simon Brown et al, as it contains much of the info related to the new SCWCD exam that the study kit does not cover. Interestingly enough though, I am near two-thirds done with Brown's book and I know I'll be needing to flip through some of the study kit's pages to ensure total understanding of the 1.4 objectives.
Hope I helped build your perspective!
Paul
[ May 12, 2004: Message edited by: Paul Tongyoo ]