Authors: Phillip Heller, Simon Roberts
ISBN-13: 9780782144192, ISBN-10: 0782144195
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: April 2005
Edition: Student Manual, Study Guide, etc.
Philip Heller is a technical author, novelist, public speaker, and consultant. He has been instrumental in the creation and maintenance of the Java Programmer and Developer exams. His popular seminars on certification have been delivered internationally. He is the co-author of several books on Java, all available from Sybex.
Simon Roberts is a Sun Microsystems programmer, an instructor, an authority on the Java language, and the key player in the development of the entire Java certification program.
Here is a revised and enhanced edition of the most revered Java certification guide, with in-depth coverage of the latest versions of the Java Programmer and Developer exams. Written by the people who actually created the exams for Sun, this insider's guide will prepare you to take these two hot exams with confidence. Sybex Study Guides are packed with exceptional study tools--hundreds of challenging review questions and electronic flashcards that help reinforce key topics, and real-world scenarios that offer perspectives and insights from seasoned professionals. The CD includes an advanced testing engine with hundreds of sample exam questions and the entire book in PDF.
Ch. 1 | Language fundamentals | 3 |
Ch. 2 | Operators and assignments | 37 |
Ch. 3 | Modifiers | 71 |
Ch. 4 | Converting and casting | 101 |
Ch. 5 | Flow control, assertions, and exception handling | 129 |
Ch. 6 | Objects and classes | 167 |
Ch. 7 | Threads | 213 |
Ch. 8 | The java.lang and java.util packages | 249 |
Ch. 9 | I/O and streams | 311 |
Ch. 10 | About the developer's exam | 349 |
Ch. 11 | Swing components | 357 |
Ch. 12 | Layout managers | 395 |
Ch. 13 | Object streams and RMI | 435 |
Ch. 14 | Putting it all together | 461 |