OCA/OCP Java SE 7 Programmer I & II Study Guide:questions

[Rrohit rakesh upadhyay]

Hello and welcome to the Ranch, Kathy and Bert.

I would like to wish you two all the very best for this wonderful book.I would be grateful if you could tell me whether OCA/OCP Java SE 7 Programmer I & II Study Guide covers concepts of JavaFx ?

My second question is a little offbeat but i just cannot resist it,i have read the wonderful Head First Java book and was just wondering will there be a Head first Advance Java book too,i asked this question because i was looking for a book that could teach me advance java Head First style.:-)

[Raghavan Muthu]

Hi Rrohit, Let me try my best in answering your questions on behalf of Bert/Kathy.

Rrohit rakesh upadhyay wrote:Hello and welcome to the Ranch, Kathy and Bert.

I would like to wish you two all the very best for this wonderful book.I would be grateful if you could tell me whether OCA/OCP Java SE 7 Programmer I & II Study Guide covers concepts of JavaFx ?

Java FX is something totally off the plate. So it would NOT be a part of it.

Rrohit rakesh upadhyay wrote:
My second question is a little offbeat but i just cannot resist it,i have read the wonderful Head First Java book and was just wondering will there be a Head first Advance Java book too,i asked this question because i was looking for a book that could teach me advance java Head First style.:-)

I think Head First Series was of a different concept which started a way later than the SCJP book. I believe Kathy and Bert still inherit the same old fashion for this SCJP / OCPJP books. I would let Bert confirm it again.

[Rrohit rakesh upadhyay]

thanks Raghavan.My second was to ascertain whether ther will be a Head First Advance Java .

[K. Tsang]

Rrohit rakesh upadhyay wrote:thanks Raghavan.My second was to ascertain whether ther will be a Head First Advance Java .

And exactly what do you mean be "advanced Java"?

What topics are you thinking of?

[Rrohit rakesh upadhyay]

Java database connectivity and Java FX

[K. Tsang]

Honestly such topics deserve to have their own books dedicated to it. Having a book (Head First series or not) covering all of these so-called advanced topics is over-daunting.

[Bert Bates]

First question has been answered correctly. If you go to Oracle's website and find the exam objectives they are a close match to what's in K & B 7. FX is not in the objectives, it's not in the book.

As far as advanced Java, we have Servlets, EJB (out of date), and Design Patterns.

We discuss other advanced Java topics, and we always welcome authors who might want to try to write a Head First book. For example, over the years many people have asked for some variation on "Head First Spring and/or Hibernate". I don't think that our publisher O'Reilly ever got a single author who expressed interest in writing that book.

Right now Kathy and I are wrapping our brains around functional programming in general, and Java 8 - that's going to keep us busy for a while

[Rrohit rakesh upadhyay]

Thank you very much Bert,you gave me exactly what i was looking for.

And all the best for Functional Programming

[Raghavan Muthu]

Glad to hear that. Good to hear about Functional Programming series in Head First, Bert! Awaiting....

[Bert Bates]

Well, just to be clear... we're not yet saying that there will be a HF FP book. (maybe)

But, Java 8 introduces a lot of FP ideas, so we will be adding those FP ideas to HF Java.

[Rrohit rakesh upadhyay]

that would be great

[Raghavan Muthu]

Bert Bates wrote:Well, just to be clear... we're not yet saying that there will be a HF FP book. (maybe)

But, Java 8 introduces a lot of FP ideas, so we will be adding those FP ideas to HF Java.

Thats an important clarification. Thanks Bert!!