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I am currently studying from "Thinking in Java" and also finding lot of web resources including ofcourse his web site. I am new to this discussion group and wants to know the methodical approach towards SCJP exam. I found some post here securing about 95+.
I am also planning to actively be a part of this forum and exchange my findings.
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I'll keep and eye on your posts. I am studying from the same book, which I must say is an excellent one. Thinking in Java by Bruce Eckel.. I use the O'Reilly books as a supplement when I need more in depth knowledge about a particular subject. So far I have consulted O'reilly's Servlets, I/O, Distributed Computing and Security books.

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Tony Alicea

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John, you are doing something similar to what I did which is to study Java first and then for Certification.

If you have the time (like I did) that's great.

For studying specifically for the Certification exam, I'd recommend the book by Roberts and Heller and Brogden's JAVA 2 EXAM CRAM. Also try a few free mock exams on the Web. Maybe you'll find out that there's more to successfully passing the exam... Taking the first couple of mock tests may be a humbling experience

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I thought Bruce Eckel's book was one of the best I had seen not only for Java but also for developing a sense of good object oriented programming.
I think it was Marcus Green who had said that passing the test won't guarantee that you are a good Java programmer and I agree with that statement. Object oriented programming requires a different approach than that of traditional procedural oriented programming. Something that took a grizzled legacy mainframer like me a while to get used to.

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