Sun Certified Java Architect.

Question

Anyone who has done it recently? Can you give me some insights on the books, not many good ones out there.

Truly appreciate it,

Thanks.

Answer 1

Sun Certified Programmer & Developer for Java 2 Study Guide is pretty good.

Answer 2

SCJA (Sun Certified Java Associate) is an entry level Java exam, while SCEA (Sun Certified Enterprise Architect) is the one about architecture. I suppose you'd like to take the latter one.

I didn't read any specific books while preparing for the exam, but there are many of them about the topics covered. You might want to refresh your knowledge about the specific technologies.

For the test, there is a Study Guide, although it seems to be a bit outdated (the recent version is 310-052, this is for 310-051). Concentrate on the higher level decisions like what should be used under what circumstances, and not on the details. You can also find some mock tests online.

For the assignment you might benefit from reading Applying UML and Patterns, and I mostly use UML Distilled as a reference, but this part is quite easy if you have some experience.

The last part is an essay, which should be a no-brainer. You will be asked a few questions about the decisions you made in the assignment, and that's all.

On JavaRanch you can find some relevant and very helpful topics as well.

Answer 3

I took the first part this April. It was for the new version of this exam (Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 (Step 1 of 3) (CX-310-052))

I used the study guide for the old version by Mak Cade, Simon Roberts . Most of it is still relevant for the new exam.

Also read the "gang of four" patterns book.

Other resources :

• http://java.boot.by/scea5-guide
• http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/tutorial/doc/
• http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/WebServices/soa3/
• http://www.sun.com/training/images/pdf/scea-bof-v4.pdf
• http://www.bm-one.com/Se/scea.html

Answer 4

http://www.coderanch.com/forums/f-26/java-Architect-SCEA is the best resource for SCEA5

(after the Cade and Sheil's study guide)