SCJP TipLine Table of Contents:

SCJP Thoughts

My Thoughts on the SCJP Exam
On the (Distant) Horizon - SCJP 1.5
Cultural Differences and the SCJP Exam
Article Topic for May Edition of the Javaranch Journal?
A Revivial - SCJP 1.5

Language Fundamentals

Casting to an Interface is ALWAYS OK?
Negative Numbers in Java - Two's Complement
Object Initialization Sequence
Hashcodes
Inner Classes
Inner Classes: Anonymous Classes
Inner Classes: Local Classes
Forward Referencing
A Word about Private
Widening/Narrowing Conversions
Post-Increments Operator with Assignment
Bit-Ops (AND, OR, XOR, NOT)
Bit-Ops (Bit Shifting)
Hex to Decimal and Back Again...
Operator Precendence vs. Operand Evaluation
Immutable Objects
Selecting the Most Specific Method

Overloading, Overriding, Runtime Type and Object Orientation

Static Methods CAN NOT be Overridden
Selecting the Most Specific Method

Declarations and Access Control

Invoking Static Methods from an Instance
Inner Classes
Inner Classes: Anonymous Classes
Inner Classes: Local Classes
A Word about Private

Garbage Collection

When it comes to Garbage Collection, a Picture is worth a Thousand Words

Operators and Assignments

Inc/Decrement Operators
Compound Assignment Operators
Thread Synchronization
Bit-Ops (AND, OR, XOR, NOT)
Bit-Ops (Bit Shifting)
Operator Precendence vs. Operand Evaluation

Miscellaneous

Threads and GUIs
Entire Staff of Tech TV Fired?!?
Immutable Objects

JavaRanch Journal Articles

But Shifting
hashCodes Uncovered
Looking "Under the Hood" with javap
Strings, Literally
Implicit Conversions, Explicitly
More About Conversions