Books Recommended for OCPJP Cert

Title : SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6 Exam 310-065

Author : Katherine Sierra , Bert Bates

Publisher : McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (June 24, 2008)

The Best Fully Integrated Study System Available--Written by the Lead Developers of Exam 310-065

With hundreds of practice questions and hands-on exercises, SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6 Study Guide covers what you need to know--and shows you how to prepare--for this challenging exam.

• 100% complete coverage of all official objectives for exam 310-065
• Exam Objective Highlights in every chapter point out certification objectives to ensure you're focused on passing the exam
• Exam Watch sections in every chapter highlight key exam topics covered
• Simulated exam questions match the format, tone, topics, and difficulty of the real exam

CD-ROM includes:

-Complete MasterExam practice testing engine, featuring: Two full practice exams; Detailed answers with explanations; Score Report performance assessment tool
-Electronic book for studying on the go
- Bonus coverage of the SCJD exam included!

• Hardcover: 851 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (June 24, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071591060

Title: Java Practice Questions: Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 7 Programmer (OCPJP)

Author: Esteban Herrera

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (June 4, 2013)

The purpose behind this book is to support you with the second point. This book contains 120 questions for exam IZ0-804, Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 7 Programmer (OCPJP). It will help you to:

• Know what is covered by the exam.
• Increase your chances to pass the exam by practicing with similar questions.
• Strengthen your knowledge of the eight topics covered by the exam.

Containing 10 questions for each exam topic, this book doesn't claim to have the largest number of practice questions. It claims to have questions that will help you pass the OCPJP exam. It focuses in quality, not quantity. Each question was chosen to test a particular point of every exam objective. They are not just filler questions that have no relation with the exam. Explanations for the answer(s) of every question are included.

• Paperback: 356 pages
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1484884744

Title: Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 7 Programmer Exams 1Z0-804 and 1Z0-805: A Comprehensive OCPJP 7 Certification Guide

Author: S G Ganesh, Tushar Sharma

Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (February 26, 2013)

Table of Contents

1. The OCPJP 7 Exam: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

2. Pretest

3. Java Class Design

4. Advanced Class Design

5. Object-Oriented Design Principles

6. Generics and Collection

7. String Processing

8. Java I/O Fundamentals

9. Java File I/O (NIO.2)

10. Building Database Applications with JDBC

11. Exceptions and Assertions

12. Localization

13. Threads

14. Concurrency

15. OCPJP 7 Quick Refresher
16. Appendix A: Exam Topics

17. Appendix B: Mock Exam 1

18. Appendix C: Mock Exam 2

• Series: Expert's Voice in Java
• Paperback: 656 pages
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430247649

Title: Java SE8 for the Really Impatient: A Short Course on the Basics (Java Series)

Author: Cay S. Horstmann 

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 1 edition (January 24, 2014)

If you’re an experienced Java programmer, Horstmann’s practical insights and sample code will help you quickly take advantage of these and other Java language and platform improvements. This indispensable guide includes

• Coverage of using lambda expressions (closures) to write computation “snippets” that can be passed to utility functions
• The brand-new streams API that makes Java collections far more flexible and efficient
• Major updates to concurrent programming that make use of lambda expressions (filter/map/reduce) and that provide dramatic performance improvements for shared counters and hash tables
• A full chapter with advice on how you can put lambda expressions to work in your own programs
• Coverage of the long-awaited introduction of a well-designed date/time/calendar library (JSR 310)
• A concise introduction to JavaFX, which is positioned to replace Swing GUIs, and to the Nashorn Javascript engine
• A thorough discussion of many small library changes that make Java programming more productive and enjoyable
• This is the first title to cover all of these highly anticipated improvements and is invaluable for anyone who wants to write tomorrow’s most robust, efficient, and secure Java code.
• Series: Java Series
• Paperback: 240 pages
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321927761 

Title : A Programmer's Guide to Java SCJP Certification: A Comprehensive Primer (3rd Edition)

Author : Khalid Mughal , Rolf Rasmussen

Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional; 3 edition (December 29, 2008)

"We have written A Programmer’s Guide to Java Certification to allow the reader to master the Java programming language. Mastering the language should naturally culminate in the practical goal of passing the Sun Certified Programmer for Java‘ 2 Platform exam. In addition to preparing the reader thoroughly for the exam, this book also provides comprehensive coverage of all the essential Java features and core APIs that every proficient Java programmer should master."

What you will find in this book:

1. Extensive coverage of all the objectives defined for the Sun Certified Programmer for the Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 (CX-310-065) Exam
2. An easy-to-follow structure with chapters organized according to the exam objectives, as laid out by Sun Microsystems
3. Summaries that clearly state and differentiate the exam objectives and the supplementary objectives to be covered in each chapter
4. A list of Sun’s objectives for the SCJP 1.6 Exam and a guide to taking the exam
5. A complete mock exam with new questions (not repeats of review questions)
6. Numerous exam-relevant review questions to test your understanding of each major topic, with annotated answers
7. Programming exercises and solutions at the end of each chapter
8. Copious code examples illustrating concepts, where the code has been compiled and thoroughly tested on multiple platforms
9. Program output demonstrating expected results from running the examples
10. Extensive use of UML (Unified Modeling Language) for illustration purposes
11. An introduction to basic terminology and concepts in object-oriented programming
12. Advice on how to avoid common pitfalls in mastering the language and taking the exam
13. Platform- and tool-independent coverage
14. Information about the SCJP 1.6 Upgrade (CX-310-066) Exam

• Paperback: 1038 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 3 edition (December 29, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321556054

Title : Effective Java (2nd Edition)

Author : Joshua Bloch

Publisher : Prentice Hall PTR; 2 edition (May 28, 2008)

Highlights include:

• New coverage of generics, enums, annotations, autoboxing, the for-each loop, varargs, concurrency utilities, and much more 
• Updated techniques and best practices on classic topics, including objects, classes, libraries, methods, and serialization 
• How to avoid the traps and pitfalls of commonly misunderstood subtleties of the language 
• Focus on the language and its most fundamental libraries: java.lang, java.util, and, to a lesser extent, java.util.concurrent and java.io

Simply put, Effective Java™, Second Edition, presents the most practical, authoritative guidelines available for writing efficient, well-designed programs.

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 2 edition (May 28, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321356683

Head First Servlets and JSP: Passing the Sun Certified Web Component Developer Exam

Author : Bryan Basham

Publisher : O'Reilly Media; 2 edition (March 25, 2008)

Isn't it time you learned the latest (J2EE 1.4) versions of Servlets & JSPs? This book will get you way up to speed on the technology you'll know it so well, in fact, that you can pass the Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD) 1.4 exam.

• Paperback: 912 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 2 edition (March 25, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0596516681

Title : Java Concurrency in Practice

Author : Brian Goetz

Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional (May 19, 2006)

This book covers:

1. Basic concepts of concurrency and thread safety

2. Techniques for building and composing thread-safe classes
3. Using the concurrency building blocks in java.util.concurrent
4. Performance optimization dos and don'ts
5. Testing concurrent programs
6. Advanced topics such as atomic variables, nonblocking algorithms, and the Java Memory Model

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional (May 19, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321349601