Which book is better??

[Rogel Garcia]

I�m planning to get a SCWCD certification and want to buy a book. Which one is better,
Head First Servlets & JSP (by Bryan Basham, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates) or
SCWCD Exam Study Kit: Java Web Component Developer Certification (by Hanumant Deshmukh, Jignesh Malavia, Matthew Scarpino)??

If i take the SCWCD Exam Study Kit I will buy the one that convers J2EE 1.4 (release January 31)

Any other suggestions?

[Jerzi Deflanax]

I my opinion.
Actually Head First Servlets & JSP is the best book for passing the exam.
Hope that the second edition of manning book rises the bar even higher.

Regards

[Nate Schutta]

I have to agree - Head First really is good (and covers 1.4 well). I recently passed using HF so I can vouch for its success! That said I don't have any experience with the other book...

[Indrajit Donahar]

Hey! Man
Just go and buy HF Servlets & JSP book and you won't regret it.

I got the book at christmas time last year and was able to pass the exam on the 6th Jan'05 after just 8days of study.

But the main issue is that, I remember all the concepts taught in the book for my daily work.

The knowledge is retained for a long time after the exam, period. The book is

Thanks
Indrajit.