Iniciando os estudos para SCEA 5

Após eu passar na prova de SCBCD 5, fiquei um pouco perdido em relação aos meus próximos passos em relação as certificações, eu deveria investir no meus estudos para tirar SCEA 5 ou deveria dá um tempo em JAVA e começar a estudar para certificações de outras linguagens,como a certificação .net. Ou até mesmo para de estudar para certificações e estudar um outras linguagens tipo RUBY ou FLEX. Mas pensando bem, decidir continuar minha saga dentro das certificações JAVA e vou estudar para a tão sonha certificação SCEA 5. Acho essa certificação importante porque nos força a estudar diferentes aspectos da arquitetura de softwares, como SOA, WS, Design Patterns, balanceamento de cargas,... e acho que muito do que se estudar para essa prova é aplicado para qualquer projeto de software web.

Pesquisando na internet sobre materiais de estudo para SCEA 5, achei esse conjuto de links, organizado por assunto que aparecem na prova em blog e decidir post aqui no meu blog também. Espero que possa ser útil para alguém.

SCEA 5 Get Started

Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 (Step 1 of 3) (CX-310-052) Description
from sun.com
Upgrade Exam: Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 (CX-310-053)
from sun.com
SCEA 5 Study Google Group
from groups.google.co.in
SCEA 5 Study Guide
by Mikalai Zaikin
NYC Java Study Groups's SCEA 5 Study Notes
from nycjava.net

Part 1: Common Architectures

load balance/DNS round-robin
posted in Sept. 2001
Object Level Fault Tolerance for CORBA-based Distributed Computing
By Tom McDonough
Practical Approaches for Distributing HTTP Traffic: Load Balancing Your Web Site
By Ralf S. Engelschall, 1998
J2EE clustering, Part 1: Clustering technology is crucial to good Website design; do you know the basics?
By Abraham Kang, 2001
J2EE clustering, Part 2: Migrate your application from a single machine to a cluster, the easy way
By Abraham Kang, 2001
DNS Round Robin High-Availability Load Sharing
from PolyServe.com
N-Tier J2EE Architecture
from scea_prep yahoo group
BEA WebLogic Server Clustering
pdf file from bea.com, 1999
Client/server computing
from gogis.nl

Part 2: Legacy Connectivity

Legacy integration techniques for Java applications
By Scott W. Ambler, 2000
Internet Legacy Connectivity
By Alida Bolton, IT Research GmbH
On "Screen Scrapers" And GUI Terminal Emulators
A White Paper By Todres Yampel
Notes from Simon Lee
Notes from Leo Crawford

Part 3: Enterprise JavaBeans & Part 4: EJB Container Model

Mastering EJB II
PDF Book By Ed Roman
Introduction of Data Access Object
from Sun Java Center J2EE Patterns
EJB
Described best practices to improve performance in Session Beans, Entity Beans, Message Driven Beans

Part 5: Protocols

Packet Filters, Stateful Packet Filters, and Proxies
by Jeffrey Howard
All Port Number Listing
http: 80; https: 443; jrmp: 1099
Tunneling through the corporate network: HTTP tunneling with servlets
By Malcolm Davis, July 2001
IIOP Specification: A Closer Look
By Gabriel Minton
Comparing IIOP, RMI, HTTP
by Mehmet Sen
RMI Through Firewalls Via Proxies
from jdk 1.2 doc
RMI over IIOP
by Akira Andoh and Simon Nash, 1999, from javaworld.com

Part 6: Applicability of J2EE Technology

J2EE BluePrints
guideline to design j2ee application -- book.pdf chapter 3 - 5

Part 7: Design Patterns

CMSC491D Design Patterns In Java Lecture Notes
By Bob Tarr, 2000
Patterns in J2EE
Described best practices to improve performance in J2EE using patterns such as Session Facade Pattern, Service Locator Pattern, Value Object Pattern etc
Software design pattern
from ciol.com
pattern synopses
pattern synopses from Mark Grand's book
J2EE Design Patterns
by Sue Spielman, January 2002
Design Patterns for Optimizing the Performance of J2EE Applications
By Vijay S. Ramachandran, December 2001

Part 8: Messasing

JMS Introduction
from javaworld.com, 2000
See the Notes in Misc Section

Part 9: Internationalization

Introduction to Internationalization
Sun's white paper
Sample chapters of Java Internationalization
Chapter 9: Internationalized Graphical User Interfaces; Chapter 11: Internationalized Web Applications

Part 10: Security

Introduction to SSL
posted in 1998
What you need to know before setting up a firewall
posted in 2001
How Firewalls Work
by Jeff Tyson
Introduction to Firewalls and Security
pdf file, cover firewalls and security in general
Java security evolution and concepts, Part 2
By Raghavan N. Srinivas, 2000, javaworld.com
Frequently Asked Questions - Java Applet Security
from java.sun.com
Java Security Evolution and Concepts, Part 1 and Part 2
difference between jdk1.1 and 1.2
Security: Chapter 3 of Inside the Java 2 Virtual Machine
by Bill Venners
Signing Code and Granting It Permissions
java 2 security from sun's java tutorial

Mockup Tests

Mockup Test
Sridhar, March 2002
Whizlabs Mockup Test
30 free mockup questions
with detailed explanation and 286 paid mockup questions with detailed explanation, August 2002

Misc

How do you become an Architect?
Ted Neward's blog and the discussion from theserverside.com, 2007
SCBCD Study Guide (EJB)
pdf from javablackbelt.com, 2007
John Wether's Note
posted July 17, 2001
Notes from scea_j2ee yahoo group
Posted March 2002
Numbers of Questions in each section for Part 1
discussion on Javaranch.com
Numbers of Questions in each section for Part 1
another discussion on Javaranch.com
Inside B2B
Introduction to B2B
JMX
jmx Q & A from sun
DNA blueprint
Success Stories from scea_j2ee yahoo group

More Information

Collection of SCEA Sites

References -- Specs

UML Spec
J2EE Spec
J2EE Blue Prints

References -- Books

Sun Certified Enterprise Architecture for J2EE Technology Study Guide
by Mark Cade, Simon Roberts, March 2002
From: Amazon.com, Amazon.caSun Certified Enterprise Architect for J2EE Study Guide (Exam 310-051)
by Paul Allen, Joseph Bambara, March, 2003, sample chapter from osborne.com
From: Amazon.com, Amazon.caHead First Design Patterns
by by Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra, 2004
From: Amazon.com, Amazon.caJava 2 Network Security
by Marco Pistoia, August 1999, sample chapter from phptr.com
From: Amazon.com, Amazon.caUML Distilled (2e)
by Martin Fowler, Kendall Scott, September 1999
From: Amazon.com, Amazon.caDesign Patterns and Contracts
by Jean-Marc Jezequel, Christine Mingins, Michel Train, , October 1999
From: Amazon.com, Amazon.caDesign Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides, October 1994
From: Amazon.com, Amazon.caJava Enterprise in a Nutshell (2e)
by William Crawford, Jim Farley, April 2002
From: Amazon.com, Amazon.ca

Free eBooks on Java/J2EE

Raw Java
by Douglas Dunn, 2008, Wiki Book (Combined Java Rules and Mastering The Fundamentals of the Java Programming Language), from javaspec.org
Free Book: Java Testing and Design
by Frank Cohen, 2004, from dzone.com
Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages
by Marty Hall, 2000, pdf from coreservlets.com
Servlet Essentials
by Stefan Zeiger, 2000, zip and html version from novocode.com
Designing Enterprise Applications with the J2EE Platform, Second Edition
by Inderjeet Singh, Beth Stearns, Mark Johnson, Enterprise Team, 2002 , html and pdf version from java.sun.com
J2EE and XML Development
by David Weiss, Kurt A. Gabrick, 2002, pdf from theserverside.com
CodeNotes for J2EE: EJB, JDBC, JSP and Servlets
by codenotes.com, 2002, pdf version from javalobbly.com (free login first)
Mastering EJB Second Edition
by Ed Roman 2002, pdf version from theserverside.com
The Software Design and Development Book
by Mark Watson, zip from markwatson.com
Java Platform Performance Strategies and Tactics
by Steve Wilson & Jeff Kesselman, 2001, html version from java.sun.com
EJB Design Patterns
by Floyd Marinescu, 2002, pdf from theserverside.com
Concurrent Programming Using Java
by Stephen J. Hartley, 1998, from mcs.drexel.edu
Advanced Programming for the Java 2 Platform
by Calvin Austin and Monica Pawlan, 1999, html version from java.sun.com
JAVA 2 PLATFORM, ENTERPRISE EDITION TECHNOLOGY IN PRACTICE
by R. G. G. Cattell, et al, 1999, from java.sun.com
Objects and Java: Building Object-Oriented, Multi-Threaded Applications with Java
by Bill Venners, 2003, html version from artima.com
Securing Java
by Gary McGraw & Ed Felten,1999, from securingjava.com
Java 2 Network Security
by Marco Pistoia, et al, 1999, IBM RedBook
The Java Language Specification, Second Edition
by James Gosling, Bill Joy, Guy Steele, Gilad Bracha, 2000, html & zip from java.sun.com
JDK 1.4 Tutorial
by Gregory M. Travis, 2002, pdf version from javalobbly.com (free login first)
Introduction to Programming Using Java
by David J. Eck, 2002, html version from hws.edu
Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java
by Bruno R. Preiss, 2000, html from brpreiss.com
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Java version
by Allen B. Downey, 2002, pdf, html zip version from ibiblio.com
Bleeding at the Keyboard A Guide to Modern Programming with Java
by Gregory J. E. Rawlins, 1999, from roxie.org
Thinking in Java, 3rd Edition
by Bruce Eckel, 2002, download from mindview.net
Thinking in Patterns with Java
by Bruce Eckel, download from mindview.net
Java Data Structures (2nd edition)
by Michael T. Goodrich & Roberto Tamassia, 2001, from theparticle.com
Design Patterns Java Companion
by James W. Cooper, from patterndepot.com
Processing XML with Java
by Elliotte Rusty Harold, 2002, from cafeconleche.org
The J2EE Architect's Handbook
by Derek Ashmore, from theserverside.com
Servlets and JavaServer Pages: The J2EE Technology Web Tier
by Jayson Falkner and Kevin Jone, from theserverside.com
Java Testing and Design
by Frank Cohen, from theserverside.com
Essentials of the Java Programming Language
By Monica Pawlan, 1999, from java.sun.com
The Java Web Services Tutorial
from java.sun.com
Java an Object First Approach
by Fintan Culwin, from sbu.ac.uk
Designing Java Applications for Network Computers
redbook from ibm.com
Java Data Objects
by Robin Roos, from ogilviepartners.com
Jakarta Struts Live
by Rick Hightower, from theserverside.com
JXTA
by Brendon Wilson, from brendonwilson.com
Bitter Java
by Bruce Tate, PDF from dsc.ufcg.edu.br
Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0
free pdf from theserverside.com
Developing for the J2EE Tomcat Platform
2002, free html from j2ee.masslight.com