Hi all,
today I cleared SCBCD 5 with 98%. Thank you to all members of this forum for all your support and enlightening discussions.
Some remarks concerning my preparation:
- studied about 7 months with some interruptions
- started with "Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0"
- used "Pro
EJB 3" for learning JPA
- afterwars studied the specs (JPA spec completely and core spec chapters 3 - 5, 12 - 22)
- used Enthuware mock exam and a trial version of uCertify
Scores:
- Enthuware: 87%, 85%, 87%, 87%, 92%
- Sun assessment: 80%
Comparison of SCJP5 and SCBCD5:
- I felt SCBCD much harder than
SCJP because it's so much more stuff. In SCJP preparation I made and memorized about 150 index
cards, in SCBCD I made and memorized a script of about 260 pages (1 page matches with 2 index
cards). The number of annotations in JPA is already endless.
- On the other hand, in SCBCD - to my experience - there are no "tricks" in the exam questions like "private class" instead of "public class", missing brackets, etc. as you know them from SCJP.
Good luck for your examination.
Regards
Ralph