I passed the OCPJWCD (1Z0-899
Java Platform, EE 6 Web Component Developer Certified Expert Exam) with
91%.
I'd like to share the exam preparation experience.
I spent two calendar months for exam preparation, or to be more accurate 50 days. I've spent from 25 minutes to 4 hours per day (3-4 hours -- it was on weekend)I used HFSJ, 2ed book. I must admit that this book is well written and must be used for THIS exam preparation. Some mock exam questions were more tougher than on real exam.I used enthuware mock exam. This simulator is amazing. I wouldn't pass exam without it Nikos Free SCWCD Mock exams were very helpful during the reading the HFSJ book. It helped me to concentrate on my weak areas. I.e. re-read some chapters and create memory card for some tricky places Piotr Nowicki's Java EE 6 SCWCD Mock Exam is must have. When I tried to pass the first time these mocks I had been failed. It was additional motivation to download and read twice Servlet 3.0 spec. And it worth it.
Here is the
enthuware mock exam results:
Test 1 - 67%
Test 2 - 79%
Test 3 - 86%
Test 4 - 75%
Test 5 - 86%
Test 6 - 86%
Test 7 - 74%
Test 8 - 86%
Test 9 - 84%
Last Day Test - 84%
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Average = 80.7%
You should pay attention on the next exam objectives (it's from servler 3.0 spec):
HTTM methodsweb-fragmentsAsync@ServletSecurity and declarative securityservlet, filter and listener annotationsmultipartI had several questions about @Resource, @PersistenceContext, etc
I haven't got any questions on real exam neither on enthuware mock exam about custom tag creation (Simple Tag or Classic Tag, see HFSJ, ch10)