What are the Changes to sun SCJP/SCJA/SCEA tracks since oracle took over?

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The Context:

It appears that the simple scjp ->scja->.... tracks for sun certification have been merged with other oracle style certifications... As a developer, I've spent some time lately trying to figure out the new "pathways" for certification.

Existing Resources:

There is a very dense, but also informative Page here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Certified_Professional The Oracle website is also, of course, full of links and diagrams with different certification factoids.

My Problem:

It's not clear that there is a new paradigm or pathway for java certifications is emerging, and thus whether or not the old SCJP style certifications are still in existence (albeit with a different title), nor is it clear what the entire certification pipeline looks like : for example, this diagram (from the older sun certifications) http://www.whizlabs.com/images/jwhiz.png, clearly related the myriad of certification and training initiatives in a lucid and easily interpreted diagram. But I don't see any such resource for explaining and comparing the modern Oracle Java certifications.

The Question(s):

What is the relationship between the new Oracle certifications? And how do they relate to the original SCJP, SCJD, and SCEA exams?

Intervention answered 20/11, 2011 at 20:51 Comment(0)

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There wasn't a lot of changes after the Sun acquisition. The exam topics remained as they were (well, there were slight changes because of the migration from Prometric to Perason VUE certification platform - no drag & drop questions anymore).

The pipeline remains the same. If you want to know what prerequisites are required, just enter the Oracle Certification Program and look for interesting certificate.

Exemplary prerequisites are shown here (for Java SE 6 Programmer). It shows that no prerequisites are required to take this exam.

The only required prerequisite for following certificates (beside the Associate level) is the Oracle Certified Professional Java Programmer. Every other certificate (JSP & Servlets, EJB, Developer, Enterprise Architect, WebServices) can be taken after achieving the OCPJP.

However, some time ago Oracle introduced additional prerequisites for Master exams (that is Oracle Certified Master Developer & Enterprise Architect). To take it you need to pass some courses (and of course pay a lot for them). Until that time, in order to take OCMJD and OCMJEA (formerly known as SCJD and SCEA) just SCJP/OCPJP was required.

EDIT:

Forgot to add - the Sun Certified Web Component Developer was splitted into:
- Oracle Certified Expert JSP and Servlet Developer and,
- Oracle Certified Expert Web Services developer.

The Sun Certified EJB Developer was splitted into:
- Oracle Certified Expert Enterprise JavaBeans Developer and, - Oracle Certified Expert Java Persistence API Developer.

Useful resources:
- http://blogs.oracle.com/certification/
- http://www.coderanch.com/how-to/java/SCJP-FAQ (and a lot of other certificate FAQ sections)

Bosnia answered 20/11, 2011 at 21:20 Comment(0)

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The new oracle java 7 certifications don't map to the sun certifications anymore.

The old java/Java EE 5 and 6 certifications mapped one to one the oracle OCA, OCP, OCM certifications.

You can get an overview of the current certification paths at: http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=140 http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=141#middleware

For java 7 you cannot get the OCP/SCJP without doing the OCA/SCJA first. They said they overhauled them. You may check the links on facebook what they actually did.

For the old Java developer you now have to visit a classroom course.

I'm still wondering what will happen to the special expert certifications.

Couchant answered 20/11, 2011 at 20:53 Comment(2)

Yes but clearly, they serve a similar purpose and cover similar content --- and they are still hierarchical. Can you elaborate on the new paradigm ? – Intervention 20/11, 2011 at 20:55

Well, they said the overhauled them. I'm not sure if they just want to squeeze out more money though. :) – Couchant 20/11, 2011 at 21:2

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