Home

This page contains links to Java resources. You will find
tutorials, Java Certification Mockup Exams (HTML & Simulated), Java Study Groups, Java Books, etc…

Java – Sun’s Links

Sun’s Home Page for Java – www.java.sun.com
Sun’s Java Certification Main Page for Javahttp://suned.sun.com/US/certification/java/index.html
- You’ll find information on the
Programmer, Developer, Architect, and Web Component certifications.
- Test Objectives – download a pdf with the objectives called “Sun
  Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform Success Guide (PDF/10 pages)”
- ePractice – Web based Practice Exam ($75 for 90 days).
Sun’s Java Tutorial – http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/index.html
-
it’s free! Very good learning tool! Each section takes ~2-3hrs.
Hot Java Browser – www.java.sun.com/products/hotjava
- Free version is usually a full version behind.
Other Sun resources
- Doc’s
  - http://java.sun.com/docs – Java Platform Documentation provides access to white papers, the Java Tutorial and other documents.
  - www.java.sun.com/docs/glossary.print.html
    - Glossary of Java Terms !
  - www.java.sun.com/docs/white – White pages
    on JAVA.
- http://java.sun.com/javaone/ – Worldwide Java
  Developer conference.
- http://java.sun.com/jdc – The Java Developer Connection web site. (Free registration required.) Additional technical information, news, and features; user forums;
  support information, and much more.
- http://java.sun.com/products/
  - Java Technology Products & API

Standards Organizations

www.w3.org – W3C World Wide Web
Consortium.
ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/
- Unicode Standards

Java Resource Sites

http://www.wikitechia.org – like
wikipedia.com.
www.javaranch.com – great
resources and active forums.

Microsoft’s Java Resources

www.microsoft.com/java
- Home page for Java technologies.
http://www.microsoft.com/java/download.htm
- Microsoft download options for Java technologies.
- classr.exe – Retail version of JVM.
- classd.exe – Developers Debugging version of JVM.
- Also download the Microsoft SDK for Java.
www.microsoft.com/java/resource/vm.htm
- A good white paper on the Microsoft Virtual Machine for Java (JVM).
http://www.microsoft.com/java/vm/debugdownload40.htm
- Debugging MS JVM.
MS SDK 4.0 supports 1.1 with the exception of RMI
- ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/MSDN/UnSup-ed/
  - download RMI classes in a .zip file that you can add to your classpath.
- J# – does not support RMI or JNI (as of 9/2002) but has other
  products. JDK 1.1.4 support. Does not support Swing.

Sites Dedicated to Java Certification

www.javaprogrammingworld.com
- The contents of this page are intended for SCJP 1.2 exam (310-025) and
resources specific to SCJP 1.4 exam (310-035). The Sun Certified Java
Programmers Exam (SCJP) is the internationally recognized certification of
Java knowledge. This site contains the equivalent of many hundreds of pages
of information to help students of this exam. It includes Mock Exams,
tutorials, Frequently Asked Questions and sample code.
http://www.javarabbit.com – here is a
quote from the site: “This site is dedicated to Sun’s Java
Certification and to all you need to prepare successfully for your Java
Certification exam. Find links to Java training courses, good sites
dedicated to Sun Java Certification, SCWCD and SCJP mock exams, good Java
books and plenty of other Java resources in the relevant sections on these
pages”
www.danchisholm.net – I received
an email that had the following text: “It’s a very popular site. I’ve
received hundreds of emails from people from around the world that have used
it to prepare for the exam.”
www.javaprepare.com – A great
site to prepare for the Java Certification Exam. Tutorial,
example exams and more. This site provides all the information which
one may need to prepare for Sun’s Java Certification. It has a detailed Java
Tutorial covering all the topics of the Java Certification exam. Besides a
large number of sample questions for each topic, the site has FAQ on Java
Certification and links to a large number of Certification site. Many
thanks to Naveen Gabrani.
www.jchq.net – by
Marcus Green. Awesome resources, tutorials, etc…
- http://www.jchq.net/discus/
  -Java Certification Exam Discussion forum.
www.michael-thomas.com/java – by Michael Thomas
(this site).www.michael-thomas.com/architect
- by Michael Thomas. Java Architect resources.
www.javaranch.com – by Paul
Wheaton (also Kathy Kozel ). You’ll find this site to be a delightfully interesting.
Make sure you visit the “Big Moose Saloon” which is a Java forum.
www.levteck.com
-
www.enterprisedeveloper.com
- by David Hecksel. You can purchase a product to learn Java &
prepare for the Certified Java Programmer Exam (~$70). Great simulator
exam.
www.javacert.com -
Links on Java Certification & a Discussion Group. Also a list of
books, some study notes, etc…

www.esus.com – a free
place to store and share Java technology knowledge based on question/answer
and related links. Here is a quote from there site, “Our
mission is to get you to the programming resources you need as quickly as
possible.”

Quick Start – Looking back, this is what I would do
to become a Sun Certified Java 2 Programmer.

If I already new the fundamentals of Java programming and I want to become a
Sun Certified Java2 Programmer, then I would take the following steps:
(the quickest path)

Purchase Bill Brodgen’s 2
books on Java2 Certification: Cram & Prep. Study these 2
books. The “Cram” book will test your knowledge and the
“Prep” book will help prepare you for the exam.
Purchase the JCertify Simulation
Exam software. Has a tutorial and a simulated exam.
As soon as you can pass the simulated exams with 90%, then order the exam
from SUN. A note of warning, the exam is difficult!

Java – For the Beginner (Green Horn)

Are you a Java Beginner? – Several links
on how to get started learning Java.

Java Certification Initiative

www.jcert.org – This
site describes the Java Certification Initiative. You will find
information on the 3 levels of Java certification: 1) Programmer, 2)
Solution Developer, 3) Enterprise Developer.
Overview of Certification Initiative: Sun, IBM, Novell, Oracle, Netscape and other
companies have joined to create a new certification path: Sun Certified Programmer,
Certified Solution Developer, and Certified Enterprise Developer (total of 5 tests).
Click here for one of his slides
showing all three.
http://www.enterprisedeveloper.com/jcertify/javaone99/screen1.htm
- by David Hecksel, author of JCertify’s Simulated Java Exams. This is the slide
presentation he gave at JavaOne (17 slides).
Links to major players web sites.
- http://java.sun.com/cert-initiative -
  The Certification Initiative
- www.software.ibm.com/ad/certify -
  IBM’s
- http://education.novell.com/certinfo/index.htm
  - Novell’s

Java – Other Certifications

www.brainbench.com – You may want
to get this certification before you try for SUN’s.
www.ecertifications.com
- Java and many other IT technologies.
Certification Portals (I want to check into these in the future.)
- www.examsonline.com
  - IT Certification Portal
- www.certifyonline.com
www.software.ibm.com/ad/certify
- Java: IBM’s VisualAge & WebSphere

Java Technical Resources

www.courses.coreservlets.com/Course-Materials/ – Free tutorials on Java
Topics
www.freejavaguide.com – Free
Java, j2ee, sql and plsql tutorials. Learn various Java technologies
through a variety of online tutorials like java tutorials, sql tutorials and
plsql tutorials to the J2EE platform
www.allapplabs.com – has good info
on Java, Ant, Struts, Log4j
www.java-tips.org – Java Tips
(code snippets).

Java Portals

MathTools (Java Portal Sections)
- www.mathtools.net/Java/index.html
  - This is an interesting portal for Scientific Java code. Also has
  compilers, de-compilers, and other items.
- www.mathtools.net/Learning/Training_and_Courses/Java/index.html
  - This portal focuses on Java Training.
http://java.ittoolbox.com/
- Java Portal: Content/Tutorials, community, and service for Java professionals. Providing
technical discussion, job postings, an integrated directory, news, and much
more.

MMM Java Resources