The Sun Certified Web Component Developer exam is expected to gain quickly in popularity because of the strong impact of Java 2 Enterprise Edition in the marketplace. This Study Guide, aimed at experienced Java programmers, covers all enterprise-level topics comprising the objectives for the exam, including servlets, exception handling, session management, security, JavaServer Pages (JSP), and creating custom tags. It contains all the new features of the market-leading Study Guides, including Exam Essentials sections to reinforce key concepts and real-world scenario sidebars with practical programming assignments. The companion CD-ROM has an assessment test, two bonus practice exams, the chapter-ending review questions, and a fully searchable electronic edition of the book. The author, Natalie Levi, is a Sun certified instructor and runs an educational testing service. This is the perfect follow-up book to Sybex's best-selling Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide.
User reviewUseful book, but too many errors
As of now (second edition, hardcover), the book is in a pretty bad shape. Numerous typographical and logical errors make it a very annoying occupation to read it and, especially, to use it to study for the Exam. Questions and answers of the review sections and mock-up exams are often poorly worded and sometimes flat-out wrong.
Despite of its serious drawbacks, the book can be used productively (it helped me considerably to pass the Exam) since, in my view, it gives the reader an indication of the depth and breadth to which the exam will probe his/her knowledge. However, to benefit from the book in this way, the reader needs to be already familiar with the subject.
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errors and misprints
This is a pretty bad book with huge amount of errors and misprints. It's only good to get an impression of the scope of the exam.
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A great book
This is the only book I studied before sitting and passing the exam. As usual the Sybex authors were pretty clear and concise, but I do recommend purchasing some sample exam software to help focus your study.
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Horrible structure, wrong concepts, completely useless
DO NOT buy this book if you intend to write the certification exam. Before teaching you anything it smacks you with a 65 questions 'assessment test' that is as hard as the real exam. That test is supposed to help you identify your weak spots but no where in the questions or answers it tells you where in the book you can read to improve. Delivery of concepts is confusing. Some answers of the practice questions don't even match!
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Too many misleading errors to be worthwhile
I agree with most of the previous reviewers of this book: there are simply too many hair-pullingly obvious errors and misleading aspects of this book to make it worth the money.
Don't think that you're going to use just this book to pass the exam. You'll need to use other resources in order to pass the test. Case in point: You *will* need to know about the Front Controller design pattern for the exam--which is convienently not even mentioned in the book!!
