[Yanel-dev] Effective Java Second Edition by Joshua Bloch

[Balz Schreier]

Hi Nigel,
you're welcome.
I actually want to underline again that this book is really exceptional as
it is not about any framework nor any specific API, it really just tells you
what good code is. Each chapter is one learning, so you can easily read just
a chapter and you learnt something...

Cheers and have fun with it, should you ever read it.

Cheers
Balz

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Nigel Runnels-Moss <
n.runnels-moss at sourcesense.com> wrote:

> Thank you Balz, that is a recommendation that adds a great deal of
> value over the original mention.
>
> N.
>
> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Michael Wechner
> <michael.wechner at wyona.com> wrote:
> > Dear Balz
> >
> > Thanks very much for your explanations.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > Balz Schreier wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> to put some light into this mail thread, I'll add some more details
> >> regarding the mentioned book, as I was mentioning it today while talki=
ng
> to
> >> Michael.
> >>
> >> The first edition of the book came out in 2001.
> >> The second edition came out in 2008 and was updated for all the new
> >> features in Java SE 6.
> >>
> >> Having read many Java books myself, this is still one the top shots I
> can
> >> really recommend to Java developers (not only people how start to write
> >> applications in Java, it's a nice read for very advanced developers
> too).
> >>
> >> As written in the introduction of the book, many other books are
> primarily
> >> addressing the following two areas:
> >> 1) Language Structure / Grammar
> >> 2) Vocabulary: how things are named, API specifics
> >>
> >> But "Effective Java" addresses only the third area:
> >> 3) Usage (the author compares it with learning a new spoken language:
> >> first you learn grammar and vocabulary. But very often, the usage must
> be
> >> learned in the real life)..
> >>
> >> So the book is about patterns, about how to code, compares different
> >> coding approaches (e.g. Constructor Overloading versus Static
> Factories),
> >> etc.
> >>
> >> For me, this book is a "must have read" for all Java developers.
> >>
> >> The author is very known in the Java eco system, having been involved
> into
> >> many JSRs either as spec lead or key contributor.
> >> Usually Joshua Bloch has his "Effective Java" session at Java
> conferences
> >> (JavaOne, Devoxx, Jazoon, ...).
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Balz
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Nigel Runnels-Moss
> >> <n.runnels-moss at sourcesense.com <mailto:n.runnels-moss at sourcesense.com
> >>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>    Sorry to be a killjoy but do you have a little more to go on in the
> >>    way of trusted recommendation other than 'someone told me about this
> >>    book'?
> >>
> >>    Otherwise I can get more out of searching Amazon's site for java
> books
> >>    and going on ratings.
> >>
> >>    N.
> >>
> >>    On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Michael Wechner
> >>    <michael.wechner at wyona.com <mailto:michael.wechner at wyona.com>>
> wrote:
> >>    > Hi
> >>    >
> >>    > A colleague of mine suggested the following book
> >>    >
> >>    > http://java.sun.com/docs/books/effective/
> >>    >
> >>    > which might help to improve our Java coding.
> >>    >
> >>    > I don't read many books anymore and I am not affiliated with the
> >>    author or
> >>    > whatsoever,
> >>    > but thought what the heck and hence post it here ;-)
> >>    >
> >>    > Cheers
> >>    >
> >>    > Michael
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