Monthly Archives: December 2011

Starting new book… Java Design Patterns Essentials

Have now started working through a new book - Java Design Pattern Essentials - to practise my Java coding, having gone through the “SCJP 6 Study Guide” book.

Its interesting to see how the concepts and theories I have learnt are actually used.

The book contains a full example for each Design Pattern and its also a good way to learn the Design Patterns and the general theory of design patterns.

The first example I’ve done is Chapter 14 – Chain of Responsibility – which allows more than one object to handle a request. The receiving objects are chained and pass the request along the chain until an object handles it.

The example code includes an interface, an abstract class, several concrete sub-classes and a static method. I also added my own Test14 class, which is used to test it, which it does with a for-each loop, string array and calls to the static method.


Java SCJP 6 Flashcards

Now entered 216 flashcards for ‘Java SCJP 6′ – hope it helps the studying – here’s the link:

http://quizlet.com/_53q53

By |December 22nd, 2011|Java|0 Comments

DevBlog Amazon Store created

Added a DevBlog Amazon Store to the site, where you can browse/buy lots of books related to the contents of the site.

Topics include Java Development, Java Development Tools, Java Certification, Databases, Design Patterns, Spring Framework and so on.

Also I’ll provide links to useful books – such as -

SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6 Study Guide (CX-310-065): Exam 310-065

Java Design Pattern Essentials

 

Learning Java… Now on Chapter 10 of SCJP 6.0

Now on Chapter 10 (of 10) of the ‘SCJP 6.0 Study Guide’ book.

The book gives you a really in-depth knowledge of Java, although sometimes they overdo some explanations and leave you unclear/unsure as to how a particular item actually works, in which case a Google search soon clears up the confusion.

Once I’ve finished the SCJP book, next plan to do plenty of coding practice, practice tests and eventually do the actual Certification exam – once I’m sure I’ll pass it!

Chapters I’ve now covered in the SCJP book:

- Chapter 1: Declaration and Access Control

- Chapter 2: Object Orientation

- Chapter 3: Assignments

- Chapter 4: Operators

- Chapter 5: Flow Control, Exceptions and Assertions

- Chapter 6: Strings, I/O, Formatting and Parsing

- Chapter 7: Generics and Collections

- Chapter 8: Inner Classes

- Chapter 9: Threads

By |December 21st, 2011|Java|0 Comments

iPhone Apps for learning Java – JAVA Quiz

Found the ‘JAVA Quiz’ app on the AppStore. See http://www.appgrabber.com/app/java-quiz

As its free, thought I’d give it a go.

It says its got over 500 questions and starts a random quiz each time.

You get 30 seconds per question (can change this) and its a multiple choice Q&A.

I found it useful as its a good way of finding out which areas you know – and more likely at the moment – which areas you don’t know.

By |December 1st, 2011|Apps, iOS, Java|0 Comments

Learning Java…

Slowly working through the ‘SCJP 6.0 Study Guide’ book.

Just about to start Chapter 5 – ‘Flow Control, Exceptions and Assertions’

Have finished the following Chapters:

- Chapter 1: Declaration and Access Control

- Chapter 2: Object Orientation

- Chapter 3: Assignments

- Chapter 4: Operators

By |December 1st, 2011|Java|0 Comments