As a followup to Sun Java Programmer Plus Certification, I have some remarks on how the new exam relates to the old SCJP and the new SCJD. Today I pulled out my SCJP (Kathy & Bert) book and re-read the introduction as to the purpose of the exam.  Right around page xxvii I found some [...]

Oracle/Sun is reinventing the SCJP into the Sun Java Programmer Plus Certification.  The big difference is the new exam will require hands on programming.  Good for them! The original exam The stated goal of the original SCJP is “demonstrating proficiency in the fundamentals of the Java programming language.”  Unfortunately, it does so completely through multiple [...]

Since I wrote a review of JTest, I decided to do a review of the other commercial product I tried in the Java static analysis family – Klocwork Installation I ran into some trouble installing the trial Eclipse plugin. I saw a zip file to use instead of the update site.  I then unzipped it [...]