Agreed, 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, wh

Agreed, 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.