Ask HN: How long to study for Java Certification exam (formerly SCJP)?

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I would say i have "beginners" Java knowledge.<p>Also it is my impression that the exam focuses on the understanding of the Java language and not on the general "how-to's" of programming. Am i correct in my observation?

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You are correct that the exam focuses on the understanding of the Java language / platform and not so much on general "how-to's". It's not a hard exam, and I really wouldn't think that it demonstrates more than a medium level of familiarity with the platform.

I got it a couple of years ago as part of a standardized training package at a company I worked at. I had medium skill with the language already and didn't study very much. As I recall, most of the ?'s were on generics and class inheritance - not surprising given the OO focus of the language.

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