Re: initialize array elements during declaration
From: Bob (no.spam_at_see.the-sig.con)
Date: 01/24/05
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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:21:11 +0000
Andrew McDonagh wrote:
> Congrats on taking the exam, and please dont take the following as any
> kind of insult to yourself....
>
> But I can't stand exams or interview tests which test the persons
> ability to read and write code, identifying or not producing syntax errors.
I quite agree that not hiring someone on the strength of a missing
semicolon would be madness. But I have to say that, reading up on what I
need to know to pass the Programmer (syntax and core features) exam, it
has taught me how much I did not learn about Java in university. A lot
of things have been made clear, not just syntax snags. So I'm glad I've
studied it all. I just hope I don't get fazed on the day, and score too
low to pass.
> I've created the Java tests for my current employer and there isn't a
> single syntax problem to solve. Instead there's questions on general OO
> approaches, Patterns and several on the mechanics of Java (i.e.
> exception handling, Interfaces vs Abstract Classes, Inner classes etc).
Well, the syntax and behaviour of exception handling, assertions,
interfaces, abstract classes, inner classes (regular, anonymous,
method-local, and static nested) are all tested, and these are things I
would have cluelessly assumed I knew how to do. Now I think I can just
about do them all inside out. So I feel I've learned a lot.
Plus, if I pass the exam, I hope to then learn some OO theory and
practice, and take the Sun Java Developer exam. Do you have a book you
recommend for learning what can't be taught from a syntax diagram?
-- Bob
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