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Please i just downloaded the JLS. Im confused as to how to read it in conjunction with K&B for the exam.
Please i'd like some advice.
Also apart from JLS and k&B is there any other resource i need?
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The book is by itself a very big resource. I never looked at the JLS when i prepared for the SCJP exam. With a few mock test links you should be doing good.
 
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hey john,
what was your score without looking at the JLS ?

thanks!
 
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The JLS is a great resource when you need to dig deeper in clarifying certain points, but I don't think that reading it from start to finish would be time (and energy) well spent in preparing for the SCJP exam.
 
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I did read the JLS when I was preparing for the SCJP. I have to admit that it is not absolutely necessary to read it in order to pass the exam or get a good grade. You could use the JLS, if you want, as reference book.

However, I have to say, also, that reading the JLS helped me understand many of the SCJP topics even better than before reading it. Many of the examples that come with it are very revealing and most of the times helped me realize of thing I had probably overlooked when studying for the exam.

All been said, I would say that reading the JLS might increment your understanding of the Java Programming Language regardless of this further comprehension is useful to pass the exam or not.
[ May 24, 2006: Message edited by: Edwin Dalorzo ]
 
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