EFFECTIVE JAVA By: JOSHUA BLOCH
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.
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