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Welcome to the Java world! Like some of the comments so far I think the Java world is actually a pretty cool place to be right now, the language and approaches
by scalesolved 12y ago
Welcome to the Java world! Like some of the comments so far I think the Java world is actually a pretty cool place to be right now, the language and approaches are becoming a lot less verbose. I blogged about some of the best Java books, hope it'll help you out! http://scalabilitysolved.com/dont-hold-back-your-java/ http://scalabilitysolved.com/dont-hold-back-your-java/
- larrys 12y agoThanks for that. Question though. The first book you listed (which got excellent amazon reviews as well) was published in 2008. Typically I've been biased into thinking that a book had to be somewhat recent. Obviously this isn't the case here though. (Do you agree with that in some situations btw?). I would have never purchased this book if you hadn't pointed it out so thanks it's in my cart.
- allengeorge 12y agoEffective Java is a solid choice, and a lot of the advice is still relevant six years later :) Also, JCIP is a go-to if you want to get more than a passing handle on concurrency in Java.
- scalesolved 12y agoAgreed, the java books I listed still provide more value to my core Java than more recent books. I do the majority of my Java work now in the Play framework, when I use a new framework or library blogs and stackoverflow are my go to resources, for a deeper understanding of the library then those books are the way forward.
- ericssmith 12y agoWarning: These are not beginner books. "Learning Java" http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000001805/index.html http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000001805/index.ht... seems to be a decent review of the language and ecosystem, although it doesn't cover many of the new technologies in common usage (many of which are mentioned in this thread).