Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: markspace <-@.> Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: learning java as a n00b Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:09:21 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <55729596-b7aa-42ca-9d64-476dff520429@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:09:23 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="61282af8d6595e8d991edb5ac03d6e00"; logging-data="25058"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/EZq1H+3BoBkrBBW4tOIgnChDIa2YCoKE=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120907 Thunderbird/15.0.1 In-Reply-To: <55729596-b7aa-42ca-9d64-476dff520429@googlegroups.com> Cancel-Lock: sha1:4eNF9eG/jp9xERPgfrae1QL7k0o= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:18806 On 9/17/2012 9:16 AM, kurasaki91 wrote: > Everyone here, should have started learning as a noob at once. how > you guys learned this language as a noob? i am planning to do > OCA(java 7 SE). do you suggest to write this exam? > I actually took the SJCP exam way back when I first started with Java. The exam itself was a piece of cake and not really worth the effort, however studying for it helped me learn Java. I recommend exam books by Kathy Sierra if you're going to take the exam, she seems to have the most comprehensive books. I used an earlier version, but this looks like the current study guide: OCA/OCP Java SE 7 Programmer I & II Study Guide (Exams 1Z0-803 & 804) (Certification Press) [Hardcover] Kathy Sierra (Author), Bert Bates (Author)