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There are a few books that are currently available specifically for Sun Web Component Developer exam. If you can afford, it is a good idea to buy one of these books. More than 90% of the exam covers Servlets, JSP and related topics. The only other topic is Design Patterns. There are many good books that cover Servlets and JSP and this covers most of the Certification material. Design Pattern questions are relatively simpler, and there is good material available online. All the books that I am recommending below, besides being good certification books will also act as good references for your future Servlets/JSP projects.

The new book Head First Servlets & JSP by famous authors Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates is the best buy if you are new to the Servlets and JSP. The book is easy to read and uses many pictures to enforce the concepts involved. The book targets the new exam.

In July 2002 the first book on SCWCD was published. SCWCD Exam Study Kit: Java Web Component Developer Certification by Hanumant Deshmukh, Jignesh Malavia is a good buy for this exam. The accompanying CD with the book includes JWebPlus, the exam simulator from Enthuware that contains three full size tests on the SCWCD pattern. The book is well-written and should act as a good reference for you.

Another good book to prepare for SCWCD exam is More Servlets and JavaServer Pages by the famous author Marty Hall. The book is written in an easy to read fashion. It covers Servlets 2.3, and JSP 1.2 . The book also covers deployment descriptor and listener classes, which are important for the exam. Since the book is not specifically for the SCWCD exam, you will need to know what topics are covered in the exam, and need to skip other material. For example for the exam, you will not be required to read Chapter 9 about Servlet and JSP filters, and Chapter 12 - JSP standard Tag library. If you already have the Core Servlets book by the same author, then some of the chapters of this book will look very similar to the Core Servlets book.

Java 2 Web Developer Certification Study by Natalie Levi, Philip Heller is the second book written specifically for SCWCD exam. Even though the book covers all the material required for the exam, it has a lot of typos. I will recommend readers to skip this book till the second edition arrives.

The More Servlets book covers both Servlets and JSP. There are many good books that cover each of these topics separately. I am including some of these below.

Java Servlet Programmng by Jason Hunter and William Crawford is a famous book on Servlets. It covers Servlets in detail, but probably is more suited for readers with some prior Servlet experience.

JSP : The Complete Reference by Phil Hana is a good book on JSP.

Last but not the least if you are just starting with Servlets and JSP, then there is a very good first book - Core Servlets and JSP by Marty Hall. This extremely popular book is available online now at http://pdf.coreservlets.com . The version of Servlets in this book is 2.2, and the exam covers 2.3 . The version of JSP in this book is 1.1, and the exam covers 1.2 . So I will not recomend the book just for preparing for the SCWD exam.

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