SCJP2, SCWCD, XML, OOAD<br />Kolkata, India
There are only 10 types of people in this world; those who understand binary and those who dont<p>Varun Narula <br />SCJP, SCWCD, IBM-486 (UML)
Rajesh(Bangalore,India)<br />SCJP2, SCWCD, SCEA, IBM-XML, UML-OOAD, IBM-Enterprise Connectivity with J2EE.
SCJP2, SCWCD, XML, OOAD<br />Kolkata, India
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SCJP2, SCWCD, XML, OOAD<br />Kolkata, India
Originally posted by Tauqueer Ali:
Code implementation of the following patterns:
Singleton, Proxy, Factory, Facade, Strategy, State, MVC.
Knowing Code implementation is very important, because you'll hardly find a question
mentioning the name of these patterns...
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SCJP2, SCWCD, XML, OOAD<br />Kolkata, India
• Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform (SCJP2)
• IBM Certified Professional for Object Oriented Analysis and Design with UML
• IBM Certified System Administrator for WebSphere Application Server v5.0
• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®)
SCJP2, SCWCD, XML, OOAD<br />Kolkata, India
Originally posted by Tauqueer Ali:
Hi Fellow Ranchers,
I passed 486 exam with 89% two days back. A large share for this success goes to this excellent
forum. Questions discussed by Desai Sandeep and Junilu Lacar were particularly helpful.
Thanks a lot.
Let me share my experience with you guys.
I applied the iterative and incremental approach to my exam preparation and found it to be
very useful. It took me exactly 28 days to prepare for the exam. I started with Larman.
During the first iteration I went quickly through all the chapters to get an overall idea
of the whole thing. At the same time I kept marking the difficult topics(high risk topics).
During the second iteration I deliberately chose the high risk topics in the beginning and cleared
them keeping in account their relevance to the exam.
The third iteration didn't add any new major concepts to my preparation. It was more of
bug fixing sort of iteration where I tried to revalidate my concepts.
All the iterations were time boxed and I tried my best not to exceed them.
1st iteration 8 days
2nd iteration 6 days
3rd iteration 4 days
After that I started with UML distilled. Its actually a very easy read after Larman but
it's a must read from exam point of view.
5 days before writing the exam I purchased OOAD@Whiz. Found it to be quite useful.
you may not get very similar questions in actual exam but it helps.
Pre assessment test is an indispensable resource. It completely defines the scope of the
exam. I found the actual exam to be quite similar to it.
My comments regarding the 2 books that I used, "Applying UML and Patters" by Craig Larman and
"UML Distilled" by Martin Fowler :
Larman's book is an excellent book and is a must to get the true idea of iterative
and incremental development(Unified process). Understanding of this process is the
key to the exam.
UML Distilled is a very concise book. It'll give you all the necessary factual information like
types of diagrams,
when to use a particular diagram (very important from exam point of view),
a very brief idea about the Unified Process.
To get a complete and comprehensive idea about Process, you should read Larman.
One particular resource that I would like to mention here is the case study on Larman's site.
(Instructor resources link on the home page ). Its actually an exam question to be used by
instructors who plan to use Larman's book.
I found it to be an excellent learning tool. Did it after I finished reading both the books.
A thorough understanding of class diagrams, including associations classes, aggregation and composition
is a must. I'm mentioning these topics here because these are somewhat more involved than
other topics and should not be left for the end.
Hope that helps,
Thanks
Ali.
Originally posted by Tauqueer Ali:
Larman's homepage
http://www.craiglarman.com/
Instructor's resources link.
http://www.phptr.com/larman/uml_ooad/index.html
I checked Instructor's resources link today and found it to be down. 2 weeks back I had downloaded the case study from this page only. Looks like we might need to inform site administrator about it.
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I apologize, but we're currently experiencing technical troubles with our web sites, including the companion sites for books. Our web manager is
working to fix the problem, and will reply to you when a solution has been
reached.
Thanks,
Justin
Was the IBM simulation test useful?
Can I contact you if i need further help?
SCJP2, SCWCD, XML, OOAD<br />Kolkata, India
Originally posted by Angelo Celeste:
Hi all.
Just to let you know that I have emailed both Craig Larman and Prentice Hall the publisher.
The Publishers reply:
They are aware of the problem and are trying to rectify it.
As soon as I hear that it has been fixed I will post it here.
Hope that helps![]()
[ January 06, 2003: Message edited by: Angelo Celeste ]
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Originally posted by Angelo Celeste:
Hello all.
I have received a reply from Prentice Hall. You can use the following link to Craig Larman's
"Applying UML and Patterns".
Hope this helps.
Regards
-Angelo
Celeste ]
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SCJP2, SCWCD, XML, OOAD<br />Kolkata, India
• Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform (SCJP2)
• IBM Certified Professional for Object Oriented Analysis and Design with UML
• IBM Certified System Administrator for WebSphere Application Server v5.0
• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®)
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