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Summary: Fantastic -- a lexicon of exam objectives and explanations
Review: Excellent exam preparation guide for those with practical experience using JSP and servlets. The book is organized around Sun's 310-080 exam objectives, and the authors tackle each objective in turn - clearly and succinctly.If you don't have experience using J2EE, you can't expect to pick up the book and understand everything you read. Nor should you want to - what would be the point of certification if that were all that it took? If you have hands-on experience already, this guide will serve up bite-sized chunks of refresher information that will prepare you incredibly well for the exam (98 here). The index was also refreshingly useful. Although this is a study guide, I still like to keep it handy when I need answers fast. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Good
Review: Studied with this book and the servlet and JSP specifications for about two weeks and passed with 91%. There is quite a bit to memorize, but the exam itself was not too difficult.
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Summary: Superlative
Review: An excellent book; I can't say enough good about it.This book stands head and shoulders above the rest as an example of clear, concise, complete writing on the subject. I was impressed earlier by another Manning publication, Fields and Kolb's JSP book. With SCWCD Exam Study Kit, Manning has taken the top spot for Java-related books, in my mind. This is THE book for the SCWCD exam!
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Summary: Well marketed but lacks substance
Review: This book really lacks the substance needed to pass the Test. Its poorly organized and not recommended. The best way to do well is to go to web-sites and read stuff and buy Sun's publications.
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Summary: Did Anyone take the time to edit this book's content?
Review: The book communicates well but the errors in the book get to be distracting very quickly. There are 15 pages of errata on the author's web site. People learning a new subject can only trust the author and depend upon each and every written word. In this case only to find that the author violates that trust. Who needs this type of headache? If you are going to publish books with this many errors why don't you publish your home phone number with the book so you can correct the mistakes for each of us when we find them? This is not an acceptable level of professionalism to me. Do it well or do something else!
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Summary: The best way to get certified.
Review: Using this book, I learned all the required concepts about the Java web components technology, and I get ready to certify, and passed with a 91%. The book is simple, clear, and well organized. Examples are useful in the real life projects, as well as to explain the concepts.
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Summary: Solid Introduction to Web Components
Review: This is not only an excellent study guide, but also a solid introduction to servlets and JSP as well. I bought the O'Reilly books first, but they're too big, too ploddingly didactic, and they tend to wander off topic. This is a good first book, even if you're not taking the exam. If you do plan to take the exam, here's my endorsement: It took me from zero to 91% in three weeks.
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Summary: It should be renamed as Complete Referance!!!
Review: I scored 96% in my SCWCD exam.I realised the importance of this book on my last day of preperation.Its complete,concise and very clear.It covers every aspect of the exam.The questions in the excercise are very thought provoking and the exam prep for last minute exam preperation is icing on the cake.
While reading the book you may not really appreciate it as the style is not very great,and is very straight and simple.SO you don't get a cick at first.
But as you start appearing for mock exams and you start looking at the contents from the point of view of finding the solution to your problems you will start appreciating.
All in all a complete book.There is very little scope for improvement.
Highly appreciated efforts by the authors.
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: This is the only book u need to pass the SCWCD exam with flying colours. The book is well organized, every chapter covers it's topic in depth. The book explains each exam objective so elaborately that one without any practical programming experience can also start developing web component after reading this book.
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Summary: Only you need just THIS BOOK + determination
Review: Yes... I am using Servlet/JSP technologies for all my projects. When I finished this book. I took the exam with %84 score. 50 correct and 9 wrong answers. This is enough for PASS ;) Thanks to authors.
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