Against All Odds - Exam

Review for the uCertify(Zend-PHP5 simulator)

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:15:00 -0700

Well, the first ever simulator I’ve got present.Overall it has main functions or menu

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Oracle Database SQL Expert

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:38:00 -0700

Being developer, we must need to know how to write SQL query, functions, views and stored procedures for our development as long as we are not using ORM. I'm not sure using ORM is kinda useful or not in our development life cycle but we shouldn't forget our writing query skill. That's why I need to practise 1Z0-047 for enhancing my Oracle query skill with 1Z0-047 exam simulator of ucertify,

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Coldfusion 9 exam preparation

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:46:00 -0700

I'm now planning to take Coldfusion 9 exam for my career enhancement. Because I'm Adobe Certified Expert in Coldfusion 8 and I feel like myself to take Coldfusion 9 either. Some people will argue that certificates are not needed if you really know of it but for new career, it's needed. When I want to apply for new job, I'm not sure whether the new employer know I really know Coldfusion or not without having certificate.

Coldfusion 9 Exam Structure

Programming fundamentals
Working with the Application framework
Interacting with databases
Working with components
Interacting with persistent components
Working with XML
Reusing code
Interacting with remote systems
Managing files
Tuning application performance
Building advanced user interfaces
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Adobe Coldfusion 9 exam is out

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:17:00 -0700

Adobe Coldfusion 9 exam is out on 5th Nov 2010. That's why I need to upgrade Coldfusion 8 certification to 9 soon. If not, my Coldfusion 8 certificate will be expired soon. I got there are different between Coldfusion 8 and Coldfusion 9 about Topic Area. Topic area of Adobe Coldfusion 8 1. Programming Fundamentals 2. Working with the Application framework 3. Handling exceptions 4. Interacting with databases 5. Working with XML 6. Reusing code 7. Managing client state 8. Interacting with remote systems 9. Managing files 10. Tuning application performance 11. Delivering and presenting information Adobe ColdFusion 8 Developer Certification Examination Specification [More]

Adobe Certified Expert

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:37:00 -0700

I'm now Adobe Certified Expert in Coldfusion 8 on 12th July 2010. I got 79% score out of 100% even pass score are 66%. I'm very proud of myself by being Adobe certified even I have so many weakness in Coldfusion.

Adobe ColdFusion 8 Developer Certification Examination Specification

Fri, 07 May 2010 17:27:00 -0700

I've created this post for who's planning to take CF8 exam. It's specification of CF8 exam which can be found as PDF format in Adobe Website. I've copied those all specifications from Centrasoft.com as well. 1. Programming Fundamentals

Given a type of variable, explain how to create and use that variable by using implicit and explicit syntax
Control the flow of a program by using conditionals and boolean expressions
Manage program iteration by using tags
Given a task, select and use the appropriate built-in function to perform that task
Create a user-defined function by using tags

2. Working with the Application framework

Given an Application.cfc method identify the use of that method
List and describe the differences between application scope variables and Application.cfc variables

3. Handling exceptions

Handle exceptions by using cftry, cfcatch, cfthrow, and cfrethrow
Handle exceptions by using the onError method of Application.cfc
Handle exceptions by using cferror
Handle exceptions by using the site wide error handler server setting

4. Interacting with databases

Create, read, update, and delete data by using cfquery
Create dynamic queries by using conditional clauses, variables, the like operator, and wildcards
Return data by performing a Query of Queries
List and describe the properties of the RESULT structure of a query object
Manage access to data by using cfldap
List and describe the information returned by the cfdbinfo tag
Implement database transactions by using cftransaction
Use cfqueryparam in SQL statements
Use cfstoredproc, cfprocparam, and cfprocresult to interact with database stored procedures

5. Working with XML

List and describe the differences between an XML document and an XML object
Parse XML data by using cfxml or xmlParse()
Extract an XML document from an XML object by using the toString() method

6. Reusing code

Include one page of code into another page of code by using the cfinclude tag
Given an approach, reuse code by using a custom tag. (Approaches include: using the cf_..., or cfmodule tags
Reuse code by creating user-defined functions. (User-defined functions written with either cffunction or within a cfscript block
Resuse code by creating ColdFusion Components (CFCs)
Control public or private access to CFC properties and methods by using scope prefixes for properties and the access attribute for methods
Understand the options available for instantiating CFCs and invoking CFC methods

7. Managing client state

List and describe the available variable scopes
Enable an application to use application and/or session scoped variables
Explain when you should lock variables by using

8. Interacting with remote systems

Given a scenario, create a Web service proxy and interact with that Web service
Explain how to expose a CFC method as a Web service
Create and read Atom and RSS feeds by using cffeed
Programmatically retrieve information from a remote server by using cfhttp

9. Managing files

Upload, read, write, and delete files by using cffile and file functions
Create directories on an application server by using cfdirectory

10. Tuning application performance

Manage application performance by using query caching
Use the cfcache tag to cache static content
List and describe the use of the cfthread tag and the associated actions: join, run, sleep, and terminate

11. Delivering and presenting information

Create and manipulate PDF documents by using cfdocument and cfpdf
Create and manipulate images by using cfimage
Expose a Rich Text editor by using cftextarea richText="true"