Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide, 4th Edition

Sun Java certification is no picnic, so a thorough study guide is essential. Look no further than The Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide for formal, structured preparation. This bulky title offers comprehensive coverage of the objectives you must master to pass both the Programmer's Exam and the more demanding Developer's Exam.

Written by a trio of Sun Java course instructors, this book uses a straightforward bottom-up approach, starting with core syntax of Java and moving into progressively more graphical and sophisticated aspects of development. The familiar textbook style makes the title very suitable for self-paced study, even if you're not shooting for certification.

Here's the book you need to prepare for the Java 2 Programmer's and Developer's exams. This Study Guide provides:
* In-depth coverage of every exam objective for the Programmer's Exam for J2SE 1.4
* Hundreds of challenging practice questions
* Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a test engine, sample simulation questions, and the entire book on PDF
Authoritative coverage of all Programmer's exam objectives, including:
* Language fundamentals
* Operators and assignments
* Modifiers
* Converting and casting
* Flow control, exceptions, and assertions
* Objects and classes
* Threads
* The java.lang and java.util packages
In-depth coverage of the topics covered in the Developer's exam, including:
* Swing components and events
* Layout managers
* Enhancing and extending the database
* Writing the network protocol
* Building the database server
* Connecting the client and server