Free Mock java test hardest one yet! +Best books on Java certification

[Anonymous]

Deitel and Deitel's the complete java 2 training course:
1200+ page book and 2 cdroms netbeans, jbuilder 3, and
12,000+ lines of code explained by 14+ hours of audio!
Dr. Deitel is an Ex-or current Mit Professor
www.deitel.com

A programmers guide to java certification:
by khalid mughal and rolf rasmussen.

This book is far superior to the Roberts and Heller book and
Bill Brogdens book.

Read some of it in a bookstore and you will agree.
http://cseng.aw.com/bookpage.taf?ISBN=0-201-59614-8&ptype=3145
http://www.ii.uib.no/~khalid/pgjc/jcbook/engine.html
the engine in the zip file works better!
these to materials are what i am focusing on for my
test because i found them to be the best out there!

[Serge Plourde]

Hi. This really looks like a good book. Thanks.

[William Brogden]

Well, all I can say is the Java 2 Exam Cram book was never intended to be a complete course in Java. It is a review for people who are comfortable with Java but want to make sure they know the basics well enough to pass the test.
The book has gone to the 5th printing so I must have done something right.
Bill

[Anonymous]

I did not mean to hurt your feelings bill, and No matter
what even now i still would have purchased your book.
( I bought it a awhile ago)
Your book is perfect to use because i like all of the
questions in it.( it is a great reviewer.)
Ok, so i will reword my post, the deitel complete java2
training course and mughal's and Rasmussen's book
is great if you have say <1 experience with java.
if you want a book that is the best for reviewing and if
you have worked with java weekly for the past +1 year then
bill brodgens book is perfect to fill in "holes"
in your knowledge.

PS: I even took notes when i read your book as i did
with deitel's massive training course.
PS2: Are you going to write an ExamPrep for the
new java architech/enterprise certification
( because very few java programmers including me have any experience in ejb )
http://suned.sun.com/USA/certification/javamain.html
http://suned.sun.com/USA/certification/archdetails.html
http://suned.sun.com/USA/certification/archobj.html
PS3: If you do write an examprep on all 3 parts of java architech/enterprise test i will purchase it and that is
a promise i will keep!

[Junaid Bhatra]

Somehow I have never liked books by Deitel & Deitel. I remember having read their C++ book some years back and it was so superficial. I decided at that time I would never buy any books by this author, no matter how many rave reviews it gets.
Anyways I think Bill's Exam Cram is a pretty neat book. It helped me fill in a lot of gaps which the Simon & Roberts book left. It's a perfect companion to the the R & H book, and ofcourse the review questions & sample exam are much tougher than the R & H book.

[Anonymous]

Why did you think deitel's C++ book was superficial?
Anyway, What i do like is deitels cbt with 14+ hours
of audio for java 2.
What I do is, I always look at books in the bookstore
before i buy them!
I have personally found that prentice hall , addison
wesley and oreilly have the best books,
coriolis and wrox also have some gems.
Sams is the worst by far.

[Anonymous]

I think you have forgottrn something....
Why Dr. Deitel wrote his C++ and Java books....
To teach with.... He wrote the C++ book as a teaching tool.
How may of you have purchase multi book on the same programming
language? Think of there books as one stop shopping to learn
the basics of programming as well as getting a solid foundation
in a programming language. His books meets the needs of MIT's
Computer Science 101 & 102 requirements.
Do not knock it until you try it...
Afraid you might learn something
Monty

[Adrian Ferreira]

Neuralnet,
Why so much noisy?
I believe in that books you sad that are not so good as this book. Furthermore, beeing MIT Professor is not enough to write a good book.
To become a bestseller and to be compared with Brogden�s book is not as easy as you want. IMO, this book got a very bad start.

[Erik carine]

Deitels books are crammed with Info, other books just
lots of fluff. And also all of the code works.
Can anyone say that about Sams books?
( Series unleashed and 21 days ).
Addison wesley and Prentice hall in my opinion have
the best computer books. Oreilly's books are also
great but to me they are too terse.

[William Brogden]

I like the O'Reilly books _because_ they are so terse. : )
Fortunately people have such a wide range of learning styles that there is room for Dummies books AND the more academic books.
To answer an earlier question - I don't think it is reasonable to write a study guide for the higher Java certifications since they all involve topics such as EJB well covered by general purpose books. Right now I have 3 books on the fire, JavaServerPages and Servlets, XML and eCommerce with Java, and JDBC
(whew)
Bill

[Erik carine]

Wow! how many books do you do at once?
The first 2 books interest me alot!
A request for all programmers , make the code open.

[Paul Smiley]

Well Bill,
Let us all at the Ranch know when your book on JSP and Servlets is coming - do you want some beta reviewers? I personally can't wait to see it...