Version of presentation for Wednesday Java Sig about Java Certification with answers omitted.

1. How to Study for Java 9 Certification
and Save on Certification Fees
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2. Pros of Beta Exams
• Only $50 (vs $245)
• Get same cert at end
• Sometimes clues in one
question for another
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3. Cons of Beta Exams
• Longer exam
• More questions
• Errors in questions
• Don’t get result for
many weeks
• Lack of study materials
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4. How did you do?
• Can’t know
• Depends which questions chosen
• Grading errors on OCP 8 beta
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5. Study Plan
• List topics to study
• Learn them
• Identify tricky points
• Optional: Make your own questions
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6. Example: Java 8 Stream Pipeline
What are some tricky points about terminal
operators?
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7. Writing sample questions
• Code
• Question
• Answers
• Change one thing
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8. Example: Java 8 Constructor
References
What are some tricky points about
constructor references?
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9. Another sample question
• Could we do a fill in the blank question?
• What could we alter in the question?
• What could be tricky?
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10. Cert Timeline Timeline
Event Date
March 2014 Java 8 Release
August 2014 Java 8 OCA Beta
April 2015 Java 8 OCA Beta
March 2017 Java 9 Release

11. What’s in Java 9
• Jigsaw
• JShell (Nashorn was originally on OCP
beta)
• Process API
• GC changes
• etc
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12. Let’s use JShell
• Oracle had Nashorn on the OCP 8 beta
• JShell is successor
• Appears to have same limitations
• No up arrow support
• No tab autocomplete
• Needs more automatic imports
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13. Exercise: Reading for details
List as many key/tricky points as we can in
http://tinyurl.com/javasig-java9shell
• http://blog.takipi.com/java-9-early-access-a-
hands-on-session-with-jshell-the-java-repl/
• http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/222

14. Exercise: Picking important points

15. Exercise: Making questions