* Welcome Khalid Mughal and Vasily Strelnikov

[Tim Cooke]

This week, we're delighted to have Khalid Mughal and Vasily Strelnikov helping to answer questions about the new book OCP Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 21 Developer (Exam 1Z0-830) Java SE 17 Developer (Exam 1Z0-829) Programmer’s Guide.


The promotion starts Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 and will end on Friday, May 2nd, 2025

We'll be selecting four random posters in this forum to win a free copy of the book provided by the publisher, Oracle Press.


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Please see the Book Promotion page to ensure your best chances at winning!

Posts in this welcome thread are not eligible for the drawing, and should be reserved for welcoming the author. Questions posted in this topic are subject to removal.

[Tony Shangkuan]

Welcome! I am so excited to have the chance to win a copy for my test preparation!

[Fabrício Soares]

Welcome and congratulations on the book.

[Khalid A. Mughal]

Thank you for having us on the ranch to do a promo for our new book on Java 21 Certification.

To give you some idea of what the book has to offer, the following two links might be helpful:
https://www.mughal.no/jse21ocp/
https://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780135445983/samplepages/9780135445983_Sample.pdf
Chapter 3 on  Virtual Threads included in the sample pages gives you an idea of what you can expect in the book.

Look forward to fielding your questions!
Please bear in mind the time difference, as I am in Central European Summer Time (CEST).  

— Khalid

[Radha Sahoo]

Welcome and im very excited for the new book. The series has been fantastic

[Khalid A. Mughal]

Tony Shangkuan wrote:Welcome! I am so excited to have the chance to win a copy for my test preparation!

Feel free to fire away with your questions in order to win a copy of the book. :-)

-- Khalid

[Khalid A. Mughal]

Fabrício Soares wrote:Welcome and congratulations on the book.

Many thanks!
Feel free to ask any question regarding the subject of the book.

-- Khalid

[Khalid A. Mughal]

Radha Sahoo wrote:Welcome and im very excited for the new book. The series has been fantastic

Thank you for your feedback.
Do take a look at the links provided for the book .

-- khalid

[Burk Hufnagel]

Tim Cooke wrote:This week, we're delighted to have Khalid Mughal and Vasily Strelnikov helping to answer questions about the new book OCP Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 21 Developer (Exam 1Z0-830) Java SE 17 Developer (Exam 1Z0-829) Programmer’s Guide.

Khalid and Vasily, welcome to the Ranch, and congratulations on the book!

Burk

[janne kalliokulju]

I'm truly excited about the release of the new book. The series so far has been absolutely fantastic, and I can't wait to dive back into this incredible world of Java Programming certification.

[Khalid A. Mughal]

Burk Hufnagel wrote:

Tim Cooke wrote:This week, we're delighted to have Khalid Mughal and Vasily Strelnikov helping to answer questions about the new book OCP Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 21 Developer (Exam 1Z0-830) Java SE 17 Developer (Exam 1Z0-829) Programmer’s Guide.

Khalid and Vasily, welcome to the Ranch, and congratulations on the book!

Burk

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[Khalid A. Mughal]

janne kalliokulju wrote:I'm truly excited about the release of the new book. The series so far has been absolutely fantastic, and I can't wait to dive back into this incredible world of Java Programming certification.

Wishing you all the best while you dive into Java certification and don't get tangled in Java code.

-- khalid

[Marcio Belo]

Welcome Khalid Mughal and Vasily Strelnikov! Hope you'll get me motivated to achieve the certification!

[Khalid A. Mughal]

Marcio Belo wrote:Welcome Khalid Mughal and Vasily Strelnikov! Hope you'll get me motivated to achieve the certification!

Good start to getting motivated is to read the preface of the book. :-)

--khalid

[Ankit Garg]

Welcome  Khalid and Vasily...

[Khalid A. Mughal]

Ankit Garg wrote:Welcome  Khalid and Vasily...

Hi Ankit,

Thank you for the welcome!
Hope you are doing well.
Do drop me a line if you will consider doing a review of the book.
For example, on CodeRanch?

-- khalid

[Gibran Castillo]

Hello there,

I am so excited to have the opportunity to win a copy of your book!!

Kind regards,
Gibran

[Khalid A. Mughal]

Gibran Castillo wrote:Hello there,

I am so excited to have the opportunity to win a copy of your book!!

Kind regards,
Gibran

And I am very excited to hear what questions you are going to ask. :-)

-- khalid

[Campbell Ritchie]

Welcome I am sure I ought to have said, “Welcome back.”

[Khalid A. Mughal]

Campbell Ritchie wrote:Welcome I am sure I ought to have said, “Welcome back.”

 

[rajeshbansal bansal]

Khalid , Congratulations on new book . My question is on Thread safety . how we are changing java 17 world with threads . can we expect  any major update .

[Khalid A. Mughal]

rajeshbansal bansal wrote:Khalid , Congratulations on new book . My question is on Thread safety . how we are changing java 17 world with threads . can we expect  any major update .

Could you please create a new thread with your question? As the policy is that questions cannot be asked in this thread?
Do that and I am happy to answer it.
--khalid

[Campbell Ritchie]

rajeshbansal bansal, welcome to the Ranch
Khalid is correct; please start a new thread.

[I. Iliev]

Hello! Thanks for the book, hoping to win a copy

[Campbell Ritchie]

Welcome to the Ranch, I. Iliev
Please start a new thread on this forum, ask a question, and you might be lucky and win a book

[Beladi M Sharma]

Thank you to Coderanch for connecting the authors with the readers and thank you to the authors for their time in answering questions.

Respectfully,
Beladi

[Campbell Ritchie]

BMS: welcome to the Ranch and it is nice to see the authors appreciated like that.

[Khalid A. Mughal]

Thanks to one and all for welcoming us to the book promo.
It is always great fun sitting around the fire to mull on the mysteries of Java certification, with the sun going down and the crickets chirping.
Let us do this soon.
Take care.

-- khalid