Hi All,
Just found out that I passed the
SCJD exam with a score of 387. Here's my breakdown:
General Con: 96
Documentation: 70
OOD: 30
GUI: 31
Locking: 80
Data Store: 40
Network Server: 40
Total: 387 (97%)
Like others, I'm not sure about the score on the GUI. I thought that I had a pretty good design. I created the app as an MDI application with a menu, and used some popup dialogs for searching and booking. It's very extensible, but maybe it was overkill. Who knows? Anyway, I'm glad that I passed!!
I worked on the app for about 3 months (in my spare time). I used the Monkhouse book and this forum as my primary resources.
I created a mult-tiered architecture, used RMI, and my data access object was implemented as a singleton which used a single RandomAccessFile object. I just used text files for my documentation.
My advice is to read the specs carefully, and keep your implementation simple. I am happy with my design, but I think that in a few places I went beyond what the specs were asking for.
Good Luck to all of you on your exams!!
Take Care,
Steve Daskam
SCJP, SCWCD, SCJD