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Since this Jolt-award winning classic was last updated in 2008, the Java programming environment has changed dramatically. Java 7 and Java 8 introduced new features and functions including, forEach() method in Iterable interface, default and static methods in Interfaces, Functional Interfaces and Lambda Expressions, Java Stream API for Bulk Data Operations on Collections, Java Time API, Collection API improvements, Concurrency API improvements, and Java IO improvements.

In this new edition of Effective Java, Bloch explores new design patterns and language idioms that have been introduced since the second edition was released in 2008 shortly after Java SE6, including Lambda, streams, generics and collections, as well as selected Java 9 features.

As in previous editions, each chapter consists of several “items” presented in the form of a short, standalone essay that provides specific advice, insight into Java platform subtleties, and updated code examples. The comprehensive descriptions and explanations for each item illuminate what to do, what not to do, and why.

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

About the Author

Joshua Bloch is a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He was formerly the chief Java architect at Google, a distinguished engineer at Sun Microsystems, and a senior systems designer at Transarc. He led the design and implementation of numerous Java platform features, including the JDK 5.0 language enhancements and the Java Collections Framework. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.S. in computer science from Columbia University.

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"The book is supremely readable: the style is concise and clear, and the code examples are short and to the point. As a result, Effective Java is a pleasant volume to read through from beginning to end—learning to refine your coding skills as you go. It is one of the very few books I recommend without reservation to all Java programmers who are past the beginner stage." — Andrew Binstock, Java Magazine

"Joshua Bloch does an amazing job explaining best practices and providing detailed insights into how and when to use the different Java features. Effective Java is a must-read for every professional Java developer." — Thorben Janssen

"I’ve been using Java for almost a year now and this book definitely enhanced my understanding on the language and how to use its features more efficiently." — Lucas Pavesi Da Cruz

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Addison-Wesley Professional; 3rd edition (December 27, 2017)
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ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0134685997
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Joshua J. Bloch (born August 28, 1961) is a software engineer and a technology author, formerly employed at Sun Microsystems and Google. He led the design and implementation of numerous Java platform features, including the Java Collections Framework, the java.math package, and the assert mechanism. He is the author of the programming guide Effective Java (2001), which won the 2001 Jolt Award, and is a co-author of two other Java books, Java Puzzlers (2005) and Java Concurrency In Practice (2006).

Bloch holds a B.S. in computer science from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University. His 1990 thesis was titled A Practical Approach to Replication of Abstract Data Objects and was nominated for the ACM Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award.

Bloch has worked as a Senior Systems Designer at Transarc, and later as a Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems. In June 2004 he left Sun and became Chief Java Architect at Google. On August 3, 2012, Bloch announced that he would be leaving Google.

In December 2004, Java Developer's Journal included Bloch in its list of the "Top 40 Software People in the World".

Bloch has proposed the extension of the Java programming language with two features: Concise Instance Creation Expressions (CICE) (coproposed with Bob Lee and Doug Lea) and Automatic Resource Management (ARM) blocks. The combination of CICE and ARM formed one of the three early proposals for adding support for closures to Java. ARM blocks were added to the language in JDK7.

Bloch is currently a faculty member of the Institute for Software Research at Carnegie Mellon University, where he holds the title "Professor of the Practice". In addition to his research, Bloch teaches coursework in Software Engineering.

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everything looks great

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book arrived in an acceptable state, It has some minor tears, but overall I am satisfied with the cost and value proportion.

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I’ve been using Java for almost a year now and this book definitely enhanced my understanding on the language and how to use its features more efficiently. I don’t recommend it as an introduction to the language, but once you do get familiar with its syntax and you start wondering what resource you should turn to improve your understanding of the language and its usability, then read this book!

The writing is clean and comprehensive. I didn’t feel lost on most topics. I was able to follow along pretty consistently. The ones I did struggle with, I just re-read some parts of the passages and looked up some articles that were a little more introductory to what I was reading.

If anyone is wondering how this book fairs on an e-reader, I read this all through a Kindle and I didn’t see any issues with the examples or text.

Finally, if I had to make just one request, I’d say that a few more examples of bad practices vs the good ones would be awesome just to highlight the issues that a passage addresses.

Amazing book nonetheless!

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Ivan Malyuta

The best book on Java. Don't rent this.

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2022

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This is an amazing book, everyone who works with Java or who hires Java developers knows that this book is a must read. Not only is it a 'must read', it's also a 'must own'. I refer to this book very often in my job as a developer. And even if this book were 10 times the actual price it would be worth every penny.

Sadly, some marketing genius at Amazon decided to enable 'RENT' option on this book by default! Bravo, sir (or madam) - you justified your ridiculous salary.

If you are reading this please make sure you BUY the actual copy of this book and as a consumer you should search for the best deal available (And of course it's not that rent price that Amazon marketing department is teasing you with).

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Carlos Gamboa

Love it

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Great tips!! Excellent content with complete explanations. A must to read no only for Java developers, although the whole books are about Java, I've applied a lot of it's concepts in other languages...

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Tim Klein

Some minor printing defects

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Overall, the book is great and the quality is essentially brand new. However, I noticed some minor printing defects while reading the book.

For example:
- Some of the text throughout the book is printed either very heavy (with ink) or very light cause some distortion to the text. It is still readable, just slightly messy.
- Around the middle of the book, one of the pages must have been folded over during the cutting of the book as it left basically a protruding "ear' that I have to leave folded over otherwise it sticks out of the pages. It is somewhat small (about a square inch) so it is not very intrusive.
- There are multiple spelling errors throughout the book and one (major one: "Jave" instead of "Java") on the back cover. This may not be a printing error, but I lumped it in here anyway.

No big deal, but I felt it deserved 4 instead of the full 5 stars.

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Great book as always

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Great book as always. After 20 years programming in java I found this book a great reminder of things that are not often used when you work as an application developer.

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Amazing Book

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This is an amazing book which contains tons of good practical advice for programmers, but more importantly explains the "why" behind various things you've always heard. There are things I feel I understand after reading this book which I previously only "knew" on the level of a teacher saying "take my word for it."

The book also lets you seen behind the scenes of Java programming in a way you possibly never have before, because Joshua Block is one of the developers behind Java itself, and all the main Oracle supported libraries. As such he can tell you that certain implementations in the standard Java libraries actually violate various best practices (either by accident or because those best practices hadn't emerged at the time of development). Almost always he will note that the problem cannot be fixed due to backward compatibility and has consequences to this day. Very few textbooks actually let you see inside details like this.

No other book I've read gives this kind of insight. And it's not even a hard read.

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Uncle D

Merit to be on your shelf. A pleasure to read. Might be tough for java newbie

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I'm new to Java and I find the book extremely useful for a developer of any expertise.
Some advices are simply a common sense or general knowledge to experienced programmers, some might seem obvious. But if you're like me, and sometimes need an approval from an expert or community to consider some practises or your own discoveries valid and "right", the book definitely solidify your confidence.
There are lots of cross references in almost every chapter to other advices, so use color stickers to mark chapters and find specific advice fast.

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great book I’m half way through

Reviewed in Canada on August 28, 2023

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I thought I knew a lot about java this book proved me wrong I learned a lot just from the first half.

Kel

Muito bom!

Reviewed in Brazil on July 28, 2022

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Muitas dicas que não são tão acessíveis e que não se acha em um cursinho qualquer, valeu a pena, mas foi um pouco carinho :(

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Alberto Banet

Un paso más hacia la excelencia con Java

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Si ya programas con Java y no sabes cómo mejorar tu código este es un buen libro. Afronta diversas situaciones a las que se enfrenta el programador y ofrece soluciones que se entienden y que arrojan luz sobre algunos aspectos más difíciles y abstractos de la programación.

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A must

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A book that every professional Java developer should read.

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