97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts

ISBN 10: 1491952695 / ISBN 13: 9781491952696

Published by O'Reilly Media, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1491952695
• ISBN 13: 9781491952696
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

If you want to push your Java skills to the next level, this book provides expert advice from Java leaders and practitioners. You’ll be encouraged to look at problems in new ways, take broader responsibility for your work, stretch yourself by learning new techniques, and become as good at the entire craft of development as you possibly can.

Edited by Kevlin Henney and Trisha Gee, 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know reflects lifetimes of experience writing Java software and living with the process of software development. Great programmers share their collected wisdom to help you rethink Java practices, whether working with legacy code or incorporating changes since Java 8.

A few of the 97 things you should know:

• "Behavior Is Easy, State Is Hard"—Edson Yanaga
• “Learn Java Idioms and Cache in Your Brain”—Jeanne Boyarsky
• “Java Programming from a JVM Performance Perspective”—Monica Beckwith
• "Garbage Collection Is Your Friend"—Holly K Cummins
• “Java's Unspeakable Types”—Ben Evans
• "The Rebirth of Java"—Sander Mak
• “Do You Know What Time It Is?”—Christin Gorman

About the Author

Kevlin Henney is an independent consultant and trainer. His work focuses on patterns and architecture, programming techniques and languages, and development process and practice. He has been a columnist for various magazines and online publications, including The Register, Better Software, Java Report, CUJ, and C++ Report. Kevlin is co-author of two volumes in the Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture series: A Pattern Language for Distributed Computing and On Patterns and Pattern Languages. He also contributed to 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know