Hi,
I’m Thorben Janssen from thoughts-on-java.org
with a review of the 3rd edition
of Joshua Bloch’s popular book: Effective Java.
The previous edition was one of the most popular books
among professional Java developers,
and I couldn’t wait to finally read the updated 3rd edition.
I got this book 2 weeks ago,
and it more than fulfilled my expectations.
It is packed with best practices and detailed descriptions
of the finer details of the Java language.
Every developer should at least read the chapters
about generics and lambdas.
You can find a link to the book in the video description.
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Joshua Bloch does an amazing job explaining best practices
and providing detailed insights
into how and when to use the different Java features.
Effective Java is a must-read for every professional Java developer.
You can get a lot of books about Java, and
several of them do a good job explaining the
different language features.
But as a professional developer,
you know that this is just the first step.
There is a huge difference between knowing a feature
and understanding when and how to use it
to build an efficient and maintainable application.
If you read the previous editions of Joshua Bloch’s book Effective Java,
you know that he did a great job explaining best practices
and showing how to write readable and maintainable code.
That doesn’t change with the 3rd edition which
he updated to include the features and paradigms
introduced in Java 7, 8 and 9.
Especially the chapters about
interface design, generics and lambdas
are a must-read for every Java developer.
Over the last 2 weeks, I read the book from cover to cover, and
I highly recommend you do the same.
It was entertaining and highly educating.
But you don’t have to take this approach.
The book consists of 90 items,
and you can read one of them
if you’re looking for specific advice.
Each item can stand on its own
and provides detailed explanations of a specific Java feature,
how to use it
and when to prefer a different solution.
This structure makes the book easy to use
and extremely helpful in your daily work.
Like the previous edition,
this book will become one of my go-to references
if I need advise to implement a complex task
or to design a new API.
I’m sure I will reread some of the more advanced items
about lambdas and generics shortly.
Here’s a list of the main chapters which
thematically group the 90 items.
The names of some chapters might seem pretty
basic.
But I highly recommend reading all of them.
Each chapter provides detailed insights
into the Java language
and how it’s intended to be used.
Even after working as a Java developer and architect
for more than 15 years,
I got some inspiration
or learned something new in each and every chapter.
To sum it up:
I highly recommend the 3rd edition of
Effective Java to every professional Java developer!
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Thanks!
See you on Thursday with a new Hibernate Tip video.
Bye
