Hey Javaranchers,
Today I cleared SCWCD 1.4 exam with 86%.Thanks to javarancher for the support and help.
My Story
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1. Read HFSJ thoroughly couple of times. Please make sure to study errata and tutorial on dynamic attributes.
2. Referred to API docs regularly to remember the methods, their signatures etc.(Really important specially for
Servlet, ServletRequest, ServletResponse and Tag libraries).
3.Occasionally referred to the Specs for doubt clarifications.(Whizlabs had lot of questions related to BodyTagSupport and other topics which are not covered in HFSJ.I m not sure if they are part of exam but they gave me reason to look into specs)
4. Free mock exams listed on SCWCD FAQ page, though they were easy. Also, couple of tests on
http://www.javacertificationexams.com/scwcd-mock-exams.php. 5. Took Whizlabs simulator, though questions were not on exam
pattern but it gives me excuse to look into specs.
6. Used Frederic Esnault notes. Its good as this is what is missing in HFSJ.
7. Used PeabodyOnScwcdPatterns for Design patterns. Sorry Marc, I could make it 100% but its my fault. I think I owe you beer for nice notes. I can come anytime to your place for beer and for
java tips as I think you are just 2 hour drive from my place...
8. Did review questions at end of each chapter in Mannings-Deshmukh. Some of them are good, specially related to distributed environment and requestdispatcher and dynamic contents.
9. Used Sample web.xml and TLD by Michael John. It was really useful.
10. Following links to custom tags are worth reading.
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2000/12/15/jsp_custom_tags.html http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2001/01/18/jsptags.html 80 Questions in 175 minutes, pass % was 62%. Only 69 questions were scored but you cannot make out which one was not being counted.
I started my preparation in January end and took me 1.5 months to complete the same giving 2-3 hours daily.
Once again thanks to all, especially Christophe & Marc to answer my questions.
Please let me know if anyone has any question related to preparation. I would be happy to help you out.
Regards,
Jagjit