SCJD

Overview

This page is intended to keep track of my progress in becoming a Developed Borg Sun Certified Java Developer.

Process

I'm going to work on the project one half or more each day. Assuming that the work involved is about 1 full month, I hope to finish the project in 2 month's time, at the end of March.

Schedule and progress

Milestone	Tasks	Date planned	Date reached	Remarks
Setup	Project setup finished Assignment understood Follow-up milestones defined	February 7th	February 9th
Initial model	Use cases Threading overview (both server and client) Client/server communication model (with and without network) No GUI	February 14th
Iteration 1	Read & write data file (part of server component) Test harness Packaging script	February 21st
Iteration 2	Communication layer in server Basic non-GUI client One-to-one client-server communication	February 28th
Iteration 3	Networking	March 7th
Iteration 4	Threading (server-side), i.e. many-to-one client-server communication Add capability for multiple clients to test harness	March 14th
Iteration 5	GUI design & implementation	March 21st
Iteration 6	Final GUI design & implemenation	March 28th
Cleanup	Reserve iteration for final work & cleanup	April 2nd
Submission	Submit finished project to Sun	April 18th

Research from Sun's website

The main page for the certification is here (German).

To achieve the SCJD certification, one needs to complete a programming assignment, and write an essay which serves to prove that the finished program was not written by someone else. The exam exists in only one form, i.e. there are no variants for J2SE 5 and J2SE 6.

The certification code for the programming assignment is CX-310-252A. The code for the exam is CX-310-027.

More links:

• Preparation courses: here (German)