[ajug-members] cert.

[Bhamani, Nizar A]

About 8-9 years ago, I had read the "The Complete Java 2 Certification
Study Guide" by Simon Roberts
(http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Java-Certification-Study-Guide/dp/078212
7002) and was able to pass the certification in first attempt. 

 

Haven't checked any new books lately so cannot tell how it compares to
other books and the tests today.

 

Thanks,

 

Nizar Bhamani

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Hye there , can some one give me a list of good books on good java
coding practices, Probably I should ask good OOAD coding practices. Iam
looking for a book which has  OOAD priciples , practices , patterns ,
and good coding practices.
Thanks!!!
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07/23/2008 03:27 PM

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Experienced programmers: Is java difficult to people who have programmed
for 5+ years with some sort of procedural-language and then move to
java?

In 2000, I moved from a C/assembly job to a Java position (having never
written a line of Java) and had no trouble making the transition.  I
feel that most of the knowledge that took me from my early level of
"competent" to "good" (which probably took a couple of years) didn't
actually have much to do with Java syntax.  In the beginning, you can
always google whatever you're trying to do (i.e. "java sort"), so
memorizing the libraries isn't something I'd worry about.  Honestly,
there's just too much out there to remember it all.  In addition to the
stuff that comes with the JDK, you'll use many open source utilities
like Apache Commons in real world Java apps.  Just write as much Java
code as you can and you'll eventually memorize the things that you
commonly use.

If you want to become a truly useful Java developer, I'd recommend
learning the basics of OO and JUnit (unit testing), getting comfortable
with a good IDE (I use Eclipse), and focusing on writing human-readable
code.  That's going to put you ahead of the majority of people with whom
I've ever worked.  There are plenty of good books out there, but I found
Robert Martin's /Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and
Practices/ really made a lot of sense to me WRT some of the non-syntaxy
stuff that I'm talking
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