BrainBench has an online Smalltalk certification exam

Ah, a way of paving the path for more commercial use of Smalltalk!

BrainBench has an online Smalltalk certification exam.  Check it out
at:

 
http://brainbench.com/testcenter/brainbench/cert.jsp?ol=true&core=/vtc/cert/outlines/smalltalkoutline.jsp

I don't work for them.  I just think it's neat.

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> Ah, a way of paving the path for more commercial use of Smalltalk!
>
> BrainBench has an online Smalltalk certification exam.  Check it out
> at:
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>
http://brainbench.com/testcenter/brainbench/cert.jsp?ol=true&core=/vtc/c
ert/outlines/smalltalkoutline.jsp
>
> I don't work for them.  I just think it's neat.
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Many of junior consultants at Dynamic have completed this certification.
They felt that the site is really nice, but it seems a bit too easy.
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> Many of junior consultants at Dynamic have completed this certification.
> They felt that the site is really nice, but it seems a bit too easy.

Vinay,

That's good to know.  Apparently, Smalltalk isn't popular enough for
them to list preparatory tests to give a feel for it, and I don't
have the hour right now to take the full test.  I hope to, soon.

So, they don't do much about patterns and design?

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In article <[hidden email]>, "Jan Theodore Galkowski"
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> So, they don't do much about patterns and design?

Actually, as I recall, half the test is about OO design and analysis,
with at least one question about design patterns (the test is adaptive,
so the questions that I saw won't necessarily be the ones you see).

Take the test, it's fun...

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In article <[hidden email]>,
  Jan Theodore Galkowski <[hidden email]> wrote:

> > Many of junior consultants at Dynamic have completed this
certification.
> > They felt that the site is really nice, but it seems a bit too easy.

I'd have to agree that the Smalltalk part is too easy.



> So, they don't do much about patterns and design?

The Smalltalk exam has two modules (you have to take both):
Object-Oriented design and Smalltalk.  The Smalltalk exam is, as I said
above, easy for anyone who has at least written a class or two in ST.
The OO design module I found a bit harder and the questions were a
little more refined (although there were some broken english
questions/answers here and there)...the questions included metrics,
patterns, and design.  The goal of each question seemed obvious upon
reading it which is why I'm a bit surprised that I didn't do better on
that part...wow!  I sound like one of my students.

All and all it was fun to take the exam.  Since I've never worked
professionally on a ST project I wanted to see where I stood.  I doubt
that I would hire someone based on the results of this test but I would
certainly consider it as part of an application package.

David


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