In the "Looking for java Positoin" thread, somebody mentioned certification as a way to spark off your career. That brings to mind a question I've had about the certification, that you fellow "listers" (a new word?) might have an opinion on.
If I understand the information on http://suned.sun.com/US/certification/java/index.html right, you have to have the "Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform" before you can get the "Sun Certified Web Component Developer for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE[tm])". This seems rather reasonable. What bothers me is that the the "Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform" includes AWT knowledge. As stated in http://suned.sun.com/US/images/certification_progj2se_07_01.pdf (page 8), this includes "using ... LayoutManager ... and resize behavior,and distinguish the responsibilities of layout managers from those of containers". Surely I start my Java journey learning to program GUI applications with Swing (and thus some AWT). But since I have been developing web apps only for the last year or year and half, I do not remeber how to use the layout manager (thought I remember clearly I hated them...). But if I want to get the J2EE certification I have to learn this again to pass the basic certification (am I right?). What does everyone else think about this? To me it seems like some PR move from Sun, so that everyone with a certification must know how "wonderful" their AWT technology is and be able to promote that. Mattias Jiderhamn Expert Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com
