Developer Certification FAQ version 1.0
1. How do I start, are there books I should read?
Yes read Complete Java Certification Study Guide by RHE. Roberts Heller and Ernest.
Actually that's a biased opinion. But there are a number of certification books out
there that cover the SCJD. While they cover the exam, they cannot explicitly write your
assignment, therefore they must come up with ways to teach you RMI or Swing so that
you can use it to complete your assignment. Having one of these books should suffice
in that goal. so having them all I feel is more a waste of time.
They are:
Complete Java Certification Study Guide by RHE.
Java 2 Certification Virtual Trainer by RHE.
Java 2 Certification All-in-One Exam Guide By William Stanek
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Java 2 Certification Training Guide by Jamie Jaworski.
Java 1.4 and the Sun Certified Developer Exam by Mehran Habibi, Jeremy Patterson, Terry Camerlengo.
NEW VERSION, coming out June 24th, 2002 Java 2 Certification Training Guide by Jamie Jaworski.
2. How do I contact Sun Education?
e-mail: who2contact@central.sun.com.
phone: (800) 422-8020(USA)
I found this contact page.
I believe it has all the phone numbers for all the countries to contact SunEd.
3. How do I sign up for the Assignment?
You need to call Sun Education. See question #2 for contact information
4. How do I download the Assignment?
You need to go to the Galton website, and there is a link to download the assignment.
5. Where can I find link's to SUN's Tutorial for RMI?
RMI Tutorial
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/reallybigindex.html#rmi
6. Where can I find link's to SUN's Tutorial for SWING?
Swing Tutorial
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/reallybigindex.html#uiswing
7. Why can't I upload my assignment?
Everyone gets this error. The first day you try to upload your assignment, you will
get an error saying that you don't have permission to upload the assignment.
Simply contact SUN-ED via email at who2contact@central.sun.com. . By the next day you will
be able to upload your assignment.
8. Sun says it takes 4-6 weeks to grade my assignment, it has been over 6 weeks.
What should I do?
Up until about a month ago there was a problem with the Essay exam not being uploaded to Sun.
Sun has worked with Prometrics to solve this problem, and has been getting grades out very
quickly. If you do have this problem, start by sending an e-mail to who2contact@central.sun.com
stating that you completed the essay exam on your date, and that you think that the testing
site did not upload your answers.