There are some interesting study tips in the Appendix B of the Book and one of them is to create a study plan, which I am going to do in the following lines
I am starting the book on my christmas holiday and hoping to take the exam at some point in 2018. Which day I don't know, let's see what the plan says. As the book says... "Rome wasn't buit in one day". In fairness, I expect this plan to grow and change as time goes by. I am not going to commit to any exam day shown in the plan just because it is according to the plan. Luckly, this is not work, ish. Although it should give me an approximation.
| Date Estimated | Task | Description |
|---|---|---|
| December 20 - December 26 | Read Introduction, Appendix B, and Chapter 1 | Took me 10 hours to read and take notes |
| December 27 | Answer Chapter 1 Review Questions | 30 min to answer + another 30 min to revise |
| December 28 - January 1 | Read Chapter 2 | 12 hrs to read the material and take notes |
| January 1 | Answer Chapter 2 Review Questions | 33 min to answer + 15 min to revise |
| January 2 - January 4 | Read Chapter 3 | 14 hrs to read and take notes |
| January 4 | Answer Chapter 3 Review Questions | 1hr to anwser + 30 min to revise |
| January 5 - January 20 | Read Chapter 4 | Lost count but probably more than 25 hrs to read, take notes and understand what is going on. This is a dense topic |
| January 20 | Answer Chapter 4 Review Questions | Over an hour to answer and 20-25 min to go revise |
| January 20 - January 22 | Read Chapter 5 | 8 hrs to read the material and take notes |
| January 23 | Answer Chapter 5 Review Questions | 30 min to answer + another 15 min to revise |
| January 27 - January 28 | Read Chapter 6 | 8 hrs to read the material and take notes |
| January 28 | Answer Chapter 6 Review Questions | 30 min to answer + another 15 min to revise |
| February 3 - February 17 | Read Chapter 7 | Lost track of how many hours it took but certainly more than the other chapters to go through the material |
| February 17-18 | Answer Chapter 7 Review Questions | It took me couple of days to complete the questions. Found the material and the questions quite challenging. More time will have to be spent on this topic |
| February 24 - March 3 | Read Chapter 8 | Around 8 hours to read the material and take notes. Found some of the classes a bit confusing on how to use them. Serialization and Console class was ok |
| March 3 | Answer Chapter 8 Review Questions | 1 hr to complete the questions + 30 min revision |
| March 4 - March 10 | Read Chapter 10 | 6-7 hours to read and take notes. |
| March 11 | Answer Chapter 10 Review Questions | 30 min to answer probably this was the easiest chapter in the book. |
| March 17 - March 24 | Read Chapter 9 | Around 10 hours to read and take notes. |
| March 25 | Answer Chapter 9 Review Questions | 40 minutes to complete the test |
| March 30 | Assessment test from the book | I did the test without time limit. I didn't want to rush so that I could take time to understand every single question in detail. I got 55% and after reviewing the answers all of them make sense. |
| March 31 | Enthuware: Foundation Test - Q40 | Passed the foundation test with 68%. A lot of the questions where on Nested Classes |
| April 1 - 2 | Enthuware: Test 1 - Q85 | |
| April 7 - 8 | Enthuware: Test 2 - Q85 | |
| April 14 - 15 | Enthuware: Test 3 - Q87 | |
| April 21 - 22 | Enthuware: Test 4 - Q87 | |
| April 28 - 29 | Enthuware: Test 5 - Q87 | |
| May 5 - 6 | Enthuware: Last Day - Q87 | |
| May 10 | Exam day |