OCA Java SE Programmer I Certification Guide

Very nice book, great content, if you want to get certification just blindly follow the book and some practice tests.

Page quality could be improved

Awesome book if you know the basics of Java . It helps a lot to prepare for the exam

Preferred book for OCA exam preparation.

Find it really helpful to prepare for the OCA exam.

Some FAQs that I wanted to know but came to know after purchase.Ques1. Is the book same as one listed with higher price(US Edition)Ans1. Yes, The book is same in content as well as in look.Ques2. Are the pages color printed?Ans2. No, The book has black & white printing i.e the images and text are black and grey like in typical Indian edited books.Ques3. How is the quality of pages as compared to that of US edition?Ans3. the quality of pages is not good but also not that bad even. the text is enough to read and understand.Ques4. How is the language and understandability of the book.Ans4. As the book is written by indian author, so the language is pretty much simple and easy to understand the concepts. Not to forget that, though the author is indian but development editor, technical proofreader and reviewers are from US only, so there should be doubt in depth of technical exposure and concepts.Ques5. How much the book is efficient to crack the exam?Ans5. Its been just a week I bought the book. So it would be injustice if I answer this without reading the book through out.Ques6. Is the book original?Ans6. No, its a copy of original US edition. You can buy the identical copy (with colorful representation of text and pictures) from Amazon.in which is relatively at higher price as compared to this one.Conclusion: If one has aim to crack the exam, things like quality of pages and book cover doesn't matter literally. What matters is the quality and alikeness of book with that of original edition which is very much same. The content is readable and very interesting to understand with its pictures view point. So this a must buy book for preparation for OCAJP exam.

I have cleared OCAJP with the help of this book.. thanku Mala Gupta

Extremely good book for Java program at certification...