World Famous Comics: Effective Java (2nd Edition) (Java Series)
Effective Java (2nd Edition) (Java Series)
By: Joshua Bloch Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Prentice Hall PTR Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 384 Publication Date: May 28, 2008
“I sure wish I had this book ten years ago. Some might think that I don’t need any Java books, but I need this one.”
–James Gosling, fellow and vice president, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
“An excellent book, crammed with good advice on using the Java programming language and object-oriented programming in general.”
–Gilad Bracha, coauthor of The Java™ Language Specification, Third Edition
“10/10–anyone aspiring to write good Java code that others will appreciate reading and maintaining should be required to own a copy of this book. This is one of those rare books where the information won’t become obsolete with subsequent releases of the JDK library.” –Peter Tran, bartender, JavaRanch.com
“The best Java book yet written.... Really great; very readable and eminently useful. I can’t say enough good things about this book. At JavaOne 2001, James Gosling said, ‘Go buy this book!’ I’m glad I did, and I couldn’t agree more.” –Keith Edwards, senior member of research staff, Computer Science Lab at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), and author of Core JINI (Prentice Hall, 2000)
“This is a truly excellent book done by the guy who designed several of the better recent Java platform APIs (including the Collections API).” –James Clark, technical lead of the XML Working Group during the creation of the XML 1.0 Recommendation, editor of the XPath and XSLT Recommendations
“Great content. Analogous to Scott Meyers’ classic Effective C++. If you know the basics of Java, this has to be your next book.” –Gary K. Evans, OO mentor and consultant, Evanetics, Inc
“Josh Bloch gives great insight into best practices that really can only be discovered after years of study and experience.” –Mark Mascolino, software engineer
“This is a superb book. It clearly covers many of the language/platform subtleties and trickery you need to learn to become a real Java master.” –Victor Wiewiorowski, vice president development and code quality manager, ValueCommerce Co., Tokyo, Japan
“I like books that under-promise in their titles and over-deliver in their contents. This book has 57 items of programming advice that are well chosen. Each item reveals a clear, deep grasp of the language. Each one illustrates in simple, practical terms the limits of programming on intuition alone, or taking the most direct path to a solution without fully understanding what the language offers.”
–Michael Ernest, Inkling Research, Inc.
“I don’t find many programming books that make me want to read every page–this is one of them.” –Matt Tucker, chief technical officer, Jive Software
“Great how-to resource for the experienced developer.” –John Zukowski, author of numerous Java technology books
“I picked this book up two weeks ago and can safely say I learned more about the Java language in three days of reading than I did in three months of study! An excellent book and a welcome addition to my Java library.” –Jane Griscti, I/T advisory specialist
Are you looking for a deeper understanding of the Java™ programming language so that you can write code that is clearer, more correct, more robust, and more reusable? Look no further! Effective Java™, Second Edition, brings together seventy-eight indispensable programmer’s rules of thumb: working, best-practice solutions for the programming challenges you encounter every day.
This highly anticipated new edition of the classic, Jolt Award-winning work has been thoroughly updated to cover Java SE 5 and Java SE 6 features introduced since the first edition. Bloch explores new design patterns and language idioms, showing you how to make the most of features ranging from generics to enums, annotations to autoboxing.
Each chapter in the book consists of several “items” presented in the form of a short, standalone essay that provides specific advice, insight into Java platform subtleties, and outstanding code examples. The comprehensive descriptions and explanations for each item illuminate what to do, what not to do, and why.
Highlights include:
New coverage of generics, enums, annotations, autoboxing, the for-each loop, varargs, concurrency utilities, and much more
Updated techniques and best practices on classic topics, including objects, classes, libraries, methods, and serialization
How to avoid the traps and pitfalls of commonly misunderstood subtleties of the language
Focus on the language and its most fundamental libraries: java.lang, java.util, and, to a lesser extent, java.util.concurrent and java.io
Simply put, Effective Java™, Second Edition, presents the most practical, authoritative guidelines available for writing efficient, well-designed programs.
A 'must' for any serious computer programmer's library The first edition of EFFECTIVE JAVA offers Java programmers a deeper understanding of Java's language than the casual beginner's book, offering tips on how to write code that is clearer, more correct, and more reusable. Over seventy programmer rules of thumb are contained in a new edition exploring design patterns, language idioms, and generics, along with updated techniques on common topics and avoiding common pitfalls of language. The second edition expands upon concepts so popular in the first and is a 'must' for any serious computer programmer's library.
Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch
Taught this old dog new tricks I've been programming Java since 1995 and sometimes think I know everything I need to know about working with the language. Sometimes it takes a book like "Effective Java" make you realize there's always more to learn.
This book is packed with incredibly useful information that every single Java developer should know. The best part is that Bloch is not proposing any kind of radical new programming method. He is simply organizing and presenting tried and true Java programming patterns and disciplines.
I can't count how many times I've said, "Of course, it is so obvious! Why didn't I think of that?" when I was reading this book. The items presented are things you may know, or half-know, and all it takes is the proper presentation and explanation to completely "ice" things in your mind. The best part is starting a new project after reading "Effective Java" and getting to try out all the good stuff in your own code.
I bought the First Edition seven years ago and am so happy the Second Edition is finally here. It is well worth the wait. If you develop in Java in any capacity -- get this book!
One of the best books ever This is considered one of the best java books ever, since the first edition. Now it is revised and updated to the new Java 5 and 6 features. Worth every penny that you pay for it!
One of the best Java books This book is simply amazing. Gives you tons of good advices, recomendations and more to improve your java design and code. I use this book as reference one, when I need to develop something, first read related chapters of this book and then write code.
Only one drawback, there are few code. Wil be better to have more code examples related with some topics.
The best book for experienced Java programmers You may think you don't need any books after you've learned a language. Usually, that is true - but this book is one of the few that will benefit even experienced programmers. It provides usage guidelines that go well beyond style or obvious things and will help you build systems that are flexible, maintainable, and perform well. The second edition is updated for Java 6 so you get advice on the best practices for using generics, enums, and annotations. This is a great either as a refresher course or to learn new things for anyone who wants to be a great Java programmer.
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