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Summary: the ONLY book you need to pass the exam!
Review: This is an excellent book for the SCWCD exam; not only it covers every aspect of the exam, but it also explains each concept in a very precise and concise manner. You can definitely pass the exam without any prior knowledge of servlets or JSP, but of course you have to know the basics of the java language.To give you an example, I am a C/C++ developer, I don't usually do Java programming at work and I definitely have no prior exposure to Servlets and JSP; however after studying this book for 3-4 months, I wrote the exam and passed with a 86%. The key to those of you who have little of no Servlet or JSP experience is to write develop your own Servlets and JSP pages while studying so you actually have some "hands-on" experience. I find that once you have written some Servlets and JSP, it makes memorizing the APIs much easier because you had actually had interactions with the APIs, so you are not strictly memorizing a bunch of text. Also, the naming convention are very consistent throughout the API, for example: if you want to add an attribute in a request, session and application scope, the addAttribute(...) is available for all three scopes, so you only have to memorize one method instead of three; therefore to minimize the amount of stuff to memorize, try to look for similarities or common interfaces that each class implement; it would definitely saves you lots of time. Good Luck to all of you on the exam!
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Summary: Preparation for SCWCD Exam
Review: I bought this book to study for the exam, and I found it very helpful. If you need more help to prepare for the exam, visit http://www.j2eecertificate.com/. This book is written to cover 310-080 exam. If you plan to go for the 310-081 exam, you will need to know all the basic core libraries of JSTL or you will not make it. Recommended reading: "JSTL in Action by Shawn Bayern"
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Summary: Out of Date
Review: I read this book prior to sitting the exam, then used some other exam simulation software and felt a little bewildered because I thought I must have been missing something, somewhere. Then I read the Sybex book on the same certification and and it all made sense. While I think this may have been a good book a while back, sadly it is out of date and best left on the shelf.
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Summary: Not that great
Review: First, this book is out of date. Second, the practice questions are way too easy. Overall, not that great, but the only thing available on this subject.
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