Sun Microsystems Sun Certified Engineer for Sun Java System Directory Server 5.x Exam

Advantages: Everything is covered
Disadvantages: expensive

...language developed by Sun Microsystems. Java was originally called OAK, and was designed for handheld devices and set-top boxes. Oak was unsuccessful so in 1995 Sun changed the name to Java and modified the language to take advantage of the rapidly increasing World Wide Web. *************** The course *************** The course “Programming in Java” is designed to prepare its candidates to become Sun Certified Programmers (SCP) in the object-oriented Java programming language. It is provided by a private company called Computeach International, and although at £3,500 per person it may not be within everyone’s budget, you do get your money’s worth. The course is approximately 2 years or even longer depending how fast you work, and I have been on it for almost a year so far. The course is made up of four different stages, plus... Read review

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Advantages: Platform Independent, Ideal for Internet/Web development, Free Development Environment, Rich in functionality, Difficult to accidentaly crash your system (Robust exception management and memory management).
Disadvantages: Slower than some lower level languages such as C++.

...This article will raise your awareness of the Java technologies that enrich the core Java language so that you know what everybody is on about when they talk about 'Java'. The Java technolgies examined are: Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Applet Java Plug-in Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) Servlets Java Server Pages (JSP) Java Beans Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) Enterprise Java Applications JAVA VIRTUAL MACHINE (JVM) What is the Java Virtual Machine (JVM)? Code written in the Java programming language is platform independent and compiled in to a Java class. When you use this class as an application, the Java class is interpreted by the Java Virtual machine so that it will perform the same action (e.g. display a window on the screen in Windows 98 Operating System, or on a SUN UNIX operating system). This is achieved by the Java... Read review

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Advantages: Well built, Familiar system, Fairly ease of use
Disadvantages: Maybe not as good as Unix, Expensive, Long install

.... But Microsoft's browser-based administration does compare favorably with the other products in this roundup. Unlike the other platforms discussed in this roundup, which rely primarily on Java to develop server-side components, Microsoft's solution makes use of Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP). Using asp is the preferred way to generate dynamic Web content on this platform. Significantly, the ASP engine in IIS 5.0 has been retooled for better performance. In our testing of static content delivery, IIS 5.0 outperformed all its rivals. The impact of the retooling for end users is lessened though, because in real life you would add another server before reaching the server bandwidth limits measured by our tests. In our SSL API dynamic testing, Microsoft showed clear performance advantages and was able to handle more than twice as many requests... Read review

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