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OCPJP & OCAJP: Java 7 training requirement for the Oracle Certified Professional Programmer dropped 21 Dec 2011
News - In order to obtain the certified architect position from Oracle, attending and passing a training course is now required. But what about the Java Professional and Java Associate designations, OCPJP and OCAJP for Java 7?
OCAJP and OCPJP Changes for Java 7: New Objectives, a Format Change and a Price Hike 16 Dec 2011
News - The OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Java 7 certification (OCAJP and OCPJP), which replaced the SCJP certification, will now require you to pass two exams, each of which will cost $300 to take, pushing the cost of the designation to $600.
Spring 3 testing with JUnit 4 TheServerSide Newsfeed | 26 Oct 2011
News - Looking on the Internet for a way to test my Spring 3 application, I found many articles that describe how to test your application by using JUnit. Most of them are incomplete examples that do not really work. With this article I will try to fill this...

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OCAJP/OCPJP Video Tutorial: Exploring Binary Notation and Underscores 10 Feb 2012
Tutorial - This video tutorial demonstrates some new Java 7 features, namely the ability to use binary notation when assigning literal values, along with the ability to use underscores in numbers.
Java 7 Hello World: A Simple Program for the JDK 10 Feb 2012
Tutorial - This tutorial simply demonstrates how to write, compile and run a simple Java program. The second in a series of tutorials on Java 7, the main goal here is to demonstrate the veracity of the environment that was set up in the previous tutorial.
Vowels don't cost $500: Pontificating on Java 7 variable naming conventions 26 Jan 2012
Tutorial - When naming your variables, put a little bit of thought into it and name them well. Well thought out variable names make Java programs both easier to read and easier to maintain. Good names can even make Java programming fun.

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Java 7 and the intricacies of safe and unsafe casting 26 Jan 2012
Tip - One of the problems with casting is that it does have the potential to cause a loss of precision, especially if the number that gets cast does indeed fall outside of the range of the target type. Here we will explain why this happens.
OCPJP Java 7 Mock Certification Exam: A Tricky Question about ARM and Try-with-Resources 30 Dec 2011
Tip - The Oracle Certified Professional Java Programmer (OCPJP) exam requires you to know the ins and outs of the new language features introduced in Java 7. This tricky question tests you on your knowledge of try-with-resources and AutoCloseable objects.
Hand pick the right software project for your situation 04 Aug 2011
Tip - There are many software projects in the Java ecosystem; it is critical to be able to evaluate the suitability of a given library or tool.

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