Author Online

The purchase of OCA Java SE 8 Programmer I Certification Guide includes free access to a private forum run by Manning Publications where you can make comments about the book, ask technical questions, and receive help from the author and other users. You can access and subscribe to the forum at www.manning.com/books/oca-java-se-8-programmer-i-certification-guide. This page provides information on how to get on the forum once you’re registered, what kind of help is available, and the rules of conduct in the forum.

Manning’s commitment to our readers is to provide a venue where a meaningful dialogue among individual readers and between readers and the author can take place. It’s not a commitment to any specific amount of participation on the part of the author, whose contribution to the book’s forum remains voluntary (and unpaid). We suggest you try asking the author some challenging questions, lest her interest stray!

The Author Online forum and the archives of previous discussions will be accessible from the publisher’s website as long as the book is in print.

Note

This book uses code styles that you are likely to see on the exam. It often includes practices that aren’t recommended on real projects, like poorly indented code or skipping values for brevity, among others, but this is not meant to encourage you to use obscure coding practices.