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Fast Track to Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) 5.0 Upgrade Exam
If you'd like to learn the new features in Java SE 5.0 and pass the Sun Certified Java Programmer Upgrade Exam (CX-310-056), then this book is for you. It covers all the Java SE 5.0 new features required in the exam. You don't need to read about the existing features that you already know. 117 review questions and mock exam questions are included.
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Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide (3rd Edition)
Newly revised and updated for Java 2 standards, the second edition of The Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide is packed with information on what you'll need to know to pass both the Sun Java Programmer and Developer Exams. With Java certification becoming ever more popular, this title is an essential resource for anyone who's preparing for it.
The cover of the book asserts that one of its team authors actually contributes questions to Sun's tests.
The goal here isn't so much to beat the testmakers (although the book has plenty to say about test-taking strategy) as it is to master the finer points of Java that you'll need to understand to succeed on the exam. The focus is on the areas that Sun has defined as important. The Programmer Exam--the first level of Sun certification--is covered first. Basic language features are reviewed, such as access specifiers, operators, and other keywords that will help make you an expert. (Some sections explain with great clarity the mysteries of Java's "extra" shift operator and other features.) Other chapters cover threads and multithreading strategies, as well as user-interface design with layout managers (which Sun considers important).
The second half of the volume concentrates on the Developer Exam, a more free-form exercise in which programmers write custom code, based on a specification from Sun. Two case studies, one for a room-scheduling application and another for a trouble-ticket system that tracks requests for technical support, illustrate this test. As the solution is presented, you'll learn how to build custom client/server software, and how to use Remote Method Invocation (RMI) and other advanced techniques. There's also advice for the best programming styles and choices for passing this challenging exam.
As in the previous edition, each chapter in this book concludes with sample questions (about 10 each) to help you study. In the new edition, there's now a full sample Programmer Exam (both printed and on the accompanying CD-ROM), which simulates the length and format of the real thing. In all, the new edition of this previously bestselling title will continue to provide helpful preparation for anyone who seeks Sun certification.
Despite the bulk (over 900 pages), this book actually makes for quick reading, and will help anyone decipher some of the more difficult aspects of the Java programming language. --Richard Dragan
Topics covered:
Introduction to Sun certification and the Programmer Exam
Java language fundamentals: primitive data types, literals, arrays, and garbage collection
Java operators up close (including evaluation order and the shift operators)
Access specifiers (public, private, default, and protected)
Converting and casting rules in Java (including promotions)
Flow-control statements
Exception handling
Object-oriented design primer
Overloading and overriding
Inheritance and subclassing
Inner classes
Threads and synchronization techniques
Using the Math, String, and StringBuffer classes effectively
The Java 2 Collections API
Layout managers
Event handling
AWT components
Painting
File I/O
Introduction to the Sun Developer Exam
Sample room-reservation case study
Working with Java databases
Creating a client/server system from scratch
Remote Method Invocation (RMI)
Multithreading issues
User-interface design with Swing
Trouble-ticket problem tracker case study
Using Swing JTable, JTree, and other Swing controls
How to submit finished exam work to Sun
Tips for the follow-up exam
Sample Programmer Exam (including CD-ROM version)
The future of Sun certification
Here's the book you need to prepare for Oracle's 10g upgrade exam, Oracle Database 10g: New Features for Administrators (1Z0-040). This Study Guide was developed to meet the exacting requirements of today's Oracle certification candidates. In addition to the consistent and accessible instructional approach that has earned Sybex the "Best Study Guide" selection in CertCities Readers Choice Awards for two consecutive years, this book provides:* Clear and concise information on the enhancements included in Oracle 10g* Practical examples and insights drawn from the authors' real-world experiences* Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a test engine and electronic flashcardsYou'll also find authoritative coverage of key exam topics, including:* Installing and Configuring the Server* Loading and Unloading Data* Tuning Applications* Supporting Analytical Applications* Backing Up and Recovering Data* Automating Data Storage Management* Applying Security Policies* Supporting Upgrade Paths to Oracle 10gLook to Sybex for the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in today's competitive IT marketplace.
OCA: Oracle Application Server 10g Administration I Study Guide (Exam 1Z0-311)
Complete coverage of the exam objectives, hands-on exercises, review questions, and more, this is the first and only book to offer such in-depth coverage of this challenging exam
Takes into consideration that candidates must not only know how to install and configure Oracle Application Server 10g, but how to use the robust tool set, including Oracle HTTP Server and OracleAS Portal
The book features an interactive CD-ROM, including the Sybex Test Engine with chapter review questions and bonus exams, a series of flash cards that can be used on a PC or handheld, and an e-version of the book
Advanced Dynamic-system Simulation: Model-replication Techniques and Monte Carlo Simulation
Learn the latest techniques in programming sophisticated simulation systems
This cutting-edge text presents the latest techniques in advanced simulation programming for interactive modeling and simulation of dynamic systems, such as aerospace vehicles, control systems, and biological systems. The author, a leading authority in the field, demonstrates computer software that can handle large simulation studies on standard personal computers. Readers can run, edit, and modify the sample simulations from the text with the accompanying CD-ROM, featuring the OPEN DESIRE program for Linux and Windows. The program included on CD solves up to 40,000 ordinary differential equations and implements exceptionally fast and convenient vector operations.
The text begins with an introduction to dynamic-system simulation, including a demonstration of a simple guided-missile simulation. Among the other highlights of coverage are:
Models that involve sampled-data operations and sampled-data difference equations, including improved techniques for proper numerical integration of switched variables
Novel vector compiler that produces exceptionally fast programs for vector and matrix assignments, differential equations, and difference equations
Application of vector compiler to parameter-influence studies and Monte Carlo simulation of dynamic systems
Vectorized Monte Carlo simulations involving time-varying noise, derived from periodic pseudorandom-noise samples
Vector models of neural networks, including a new pulsed-neuron model
Vectorized programs for fuzzy-set controller, partial differential equations, and agro-ecological models replicated at many points of a landscape map
This text is intended for graduate-level students, engineers, and computer scientists, particularly those involved in aerospace, control system design, chemical process control, and biological systems. All readers will gain the practical skills they need to design sophisticated simulations of dynamic systems.
VirtualDub is one of the most popular video processing application for Windows. As an Open Source application, it's free, and is constantly updated and expanded by an active community of developers and experts. VirtualDub particularly popular for capturing video from analogue sources such as video tape, cleaning up the image and compressing it ready for distribution over the Internet. This book provides a rapid and easy to use tutorial to the basic features of VirtualDub to get you up and running quickly. It explains how to capture great quality video from various sources, use filters to clean up the captured image and add special effects. The book has shows all to use VirtualDub to cut and paste video to remove or insert sequences, including removing ad breaks or trailers. It goes on to cover the art of effective encoding and compression, so you end up with great quality videos that won't hog your bandwidth forever. VirtualDub is the fastest and most effective way to capture, process and encode video on your PC. This book gets you started fast, and goes on to give you full control of all the features of this legendary tool.
