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Oracle offers variety of Java Certifications for all Java Editions (Java SE, Java EE and Java ME). Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 5/SE 6 (Formerly Sun Certified Java Associate (SCJA) ) certification provides basic knowledge required to manage a Java project.
What exam I need to pass to achieve OCA for Java SE 6 Certification?
You need to complete 1Z0-850 – Java Standard Edition 5 and 6, Certified Associate Exam to…
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Dean Iverson and I have been working on an open source project called GroovyFX that provides a Groovy binding that sits on the new JavaFX 2.0 platform. Dean has written a good blog on how to get started with GroovyFX here. It is already a little dated, but if you ignore the JavaFX build numbers and just download the…
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Hi there,
I have couple announcements.
First: Do you need Java scheduling? How about try out an easy web based UI with Quartz!
Both myschedule-2.1.2 (for Quartz-2.1.0) and myschedule-1.5.2(for Quartz-1.8.5) releases are available for download here: http://code.google.com/p/myschedule/downloads/list
I have fixed few bugs and improved the UI slightly. Both of these releases should…
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Here's a recap of what happened at the JCertif 2011 conference in Brazzaville from Chrisobel Malonga:
"Hello with all, I take a few minutes in order to announce to you how much JCertif 2011 of which you are the actors at summer a true success and a true human adventure which was worth the cost d' to be lived. My arrival on the spot dated August 27 m' allowed…
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