Sunday, November 15, 2009

SC-MAD


SC - MAD, that says it all. Not 'mad' as in non-functional brain cells, but thats what Sun calls -mobile applications developer- .

Took a while to grasp the content, but since it derives its roots from Java, it was ok to an extent. Got to understand the fuss of JTWI, MIDP, CLDC & the rest of the jargon.

Compared to what is being developed in the mobile spectrum today, this exam far lacks the ability to test or give a developer insight into those things.
Hence, this exam surely needs an upgrade; at least to include
  • Bluetooth api (JSR-82)
  • Location based programming (JSR-293)
  • Web-services (JSR-172)
  • More concepts on UI; esp touch related screen programming (dunno if there is a JSR for that as yet).
  • Mobile service architecture 2 (JSR-249)