Wow. SCJP 1.5 saja belum selesai dipelajari sudah muncul yang 1.6. Jadi bagaimana ini, yang mana yang saya harus ambil?
Jawabannya adalah : tergantung kesiapan anda.
SCJP 1.6 secara resmi diperkenalkan oleh SUN bulan Desember 2007. Jadi, belum banyak dokumentasi yang mengulas tentang modul-modulnya walaupun setelah saya membaca-baca pengalaman orang yang sudah mengambil exam, tidak terlalu banyak perbedaan dengan yang 1.5.
Pada intinya, perbedaan mendasar adalah dari segi waktu, passing grade dan tiga API yang baru diperkenalkan, yaitu: java.io.Console, java.util.NavigableSet, java.util.NavigableMap.
Berikut detil perbandingan kedua exam tersebut:
SCJP 1.5 (CX-310-055)
SCJP 1.6 (CX-310-065)
Perbandingan objectives kedua exam. (Copy-paste dari forum javaranch)
- Section 3:
1.5: Given a scenario involving navigating file systems, reading from files, or writing to files, develop the correct solution using the following classes (sometimes in combination), from java.io: BufferedReader,BufferedWriter, File, FileReader, FileWriter and PrintWriter.
1.6: Given a scenario involving navigating file systems, reading from files, writing to files, or interacting with the user, develop the correct solution using the following classes (sometimes in combination), from java.io: BufferedReader, BufferedWriter, File, FileReader, FileWriter, PrintWriter, and Console. - Section 5:
1.5: Given a scenario, develop code that declares and/or invokes overridden or overloaded methods and code that declares and/or invokes superclass or overloaded constructors.
1.6: Given a scenario, develop code that declares and/or invokes overloaded methods and code that declares and/or invokes superclass, or overloaded constructors. - Section 6:
1.5: Write code that uses the generic versions of the Collections API, in particular, the Set, List, and Map interfaces and implementation classes. Recognize the limitations of the non-generic Collections API and how to refactor code to use the generic versions.
1.6: Write code that uses the generic versions of the Collections API, in particular, the Set, List, and Map interfaces and implementation classes. Recognize the limitations of the non-generic Collections API and how to refactor code to use the generic versions. Write code that uses the NavigableSet and NavigableMap interfaces. - Section 7:
1.5: Given a code example, recognize the point at which an object becomes eligible for garbage collection, and determine what is and is not guaranteed by the garbage collection system. Recognize the behaviors of System.gc and finalization.
1.6: Given a code example, recognize the point at which an object becomes eligible for garbage collection, determine what is and is not guaranteed by the garbage collection system, and recognize the behaviors of the Object.finalize() method.
Jadi, harus pilih yang mana? Menurut opini saya, kalau ingin mengambil SCJP dalam waktu dekat lebih baik yang 1.5. Tapi kalau sudah yakin bisa menguasai objective yang baru, kenapa tidak? Ambil yang 1.6. Tergantung kesiapan dan motivasi kita. Kalau mau tanya saya, saya mau mengambil yang 1.5. Dokumentasi lebih banyak dan passing grade lebih kecil (beda 4 jawaban yang benar dengan 1.6). Lagipula, saya mau mengambil SCJP sebagai prerequisite untuk spesialisasi di SCMAD (Sun Certified Mobile Application Developer) dan untuk spesialisai itu independen dengan versi SCJP yang diambil.
Jadi mau pilih yang mana??
SCJP 1.5 Books
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