What are the good books for preparing OCAJP 8 exam?

OCAJP 8 exam is the entry level Java certification exam. This exam is formerly known as Sun Certified Java Associate (SCJA) exam. In this post, we will update you the information on what are the best and useful books that are available in the market for successful OCAJP 8 exam preparation.

It is important to buy a good book for studying the exam topics before you choose to purchase any good mock exam simulators like Whizlabs. The following are the good books available for the OCAJP 8 exam:

There are four books for OCAJP 8 exam:

1. OCA Java SE 8 Programmer I Certification Guide by Mala Gupta
2. A Programmer Guide to Java SE 8 Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) by Khalid Mughal
3. Oracle Certified Associate Java SE 8 Programmer I Study Guide: Exam 1Z0-808 eBook by Jeanne Boyarsky, Scott Selikoff
4. OCA Java SE 8 Programmer I Study Guide (Exam 1Z0-808) (Oracle Press) by Edward Finegan, Robert Liguori

Let’s have short review about the author and which book is most recommended for the OCAJP 8 preparation.

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1. OCA Java SE 8 Programmer I Certification Guide by Mala Gupta

Mala Gupta is one of the best author for the Java certification preparation materials. Mala Gupta book is now considered as one of the best books for certification preparation with simple and easy to understand the concepts. Some of the readers compare Mala Gupta’s writing style with one of popular author for Java certification and creator of the Head First series Kathy Seira.

She has other books for OCAJP 7 and OCAPJP 7 exams. Also books published by Manning publication will be in the high quality. We would highly recommend this book for the OCAJP 8 certification preparation.

Note that this book is very recently released, so it is not available in all the countries. We could see this book is available in USA and not in India. We will update here once it is available in all the countries.

Buy OCA Java SE 8 Programmer I Certification Guide by Mala Gupta from Amazon Website.

2. A Programmer Guide to Java SE 8 Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) by Khalid Mughal

Khalid Mughal is also one of the good author for the certification books. He has been writing for the certification exams for more than 15 years. His books are good in concepts and simple to understand. You could buy his book for the OCAJP 8 preparation.

This book also very recently released, so not available in all the countries. You can buy this book from Amazon Website.

3. Oracle Certified Associate Java SE 8 Programmer I Study Guide: Exam 1Z0-808 eBook by Jeanne Boyarsky, Scott Selikoff

This book is available only in the eBook format. There are good reviews about the book. Jeanne Boyarsky is very active member in the JavaRanch forum and she has excellent knowledge on the certification concepts. You can buy her book for the preparation. But, this book is not available as the print copy.

You can buy this book from Amazon Website.

4. OCA Java SE 8 Programmer I Study Guide (Exam 1Z0-808) (Oracle Press) by Edward Finegan, Robert Liguori

We don’t have enough review for the last book from Oracle press. It is relatively new author for the certification materials.

You can buy this book from Amazon Website.

The above books are the only books available in the market for the OCAJP 8 preparation. In the above books, it is recommended to read the Mala Gupta and Khalid Mughal books as they have the extensive experience on writing the certification books.

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About Aditi Malhotra

Aditi Malhotra is the Content Marketing Manager at Whizlabs. Having a Master in Journalism and Mass Communication, she helps businesses stop playing around with Content Marketing and start seeing tangible ROI. A writer by day and a reader by night, she is a fine blend of both reality and fantasy. Apart from her professional commitments, she is also endearing to publish a book authored by her very soon.

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