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Summary: looks good but not enough details to pass the exam
Review: This book officially cover the first step of the Architect Certification: the first exam. But in fact the book cover just a quarter of the exam. The author is not supporting his book anymore. A lot of copy past was done in this book. Same things can be repeted more than 3 times! On the CD-ROM a test engine is provided with no more questions that those listed at the end of each chapter in the book! Useless in anyway for the Architect Exam.
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Summary: Outdated Programmer Cert Section
Review: Used this book exclusively to study for the J2CP test. The example questions were outdated and nowhere near the level of complexity found on the actual test. I passed, but not because of this book (5+ yrs experience w/ Java). The developer certification section was short on content. Now that Sun has beefed up the Architect exam, I wouldn't trust the Architect section in this book. The book is good at giving you a solid understanding of the Java language basics. However, the purpose of buying a book like this is to prepare for and pass the certification tests, and there is no hope for someone with little experience to pass any of the exams using this book.
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