In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Stringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Subject: Developer Certification ? > >From: "Arrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >...from this page: http://www.palmos.com/dev/certification/developers.html > >only looks to be only 14 certified ? this would be: > > > > Speaking for myself, I was always put off by the lack of sample exams > and a primer. The comment "just read all the manuals and you'll pass" > was never motivating. There are sample questions on the website (now) that I found quite helpful. > Most programmers exist in a subset of the total functionality, and would > be lost when presented with questions outside of their normal subset. > I don't know what areas covered in the test are outside of the (large) > subset that I routinely use, and hence I'm not clear what areas need to be > studied in order to pass the test, if any! My technique was to read all the items (except for the API reference) that the certification website says to use (including the 2 books) and do the sample questions. That worked for me. > In addition, and again speaking for myself, the nastier parts of the API > set have been encapsulated in function calls and I haven't had to address > some of those issues for a very considerable time. But that again goes > back to knowing what aspects to study. While I do encapsulate a lot of functions of the APIs, I know the underlying structure which I believe is important. It is quite important, in my opinion, to know what is going on. -- Scott Gruby Palm OS Certified Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.notifymail.com/palm/> -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
