Cool - just found out that a second edition of Effective Java is being released soon. If I had to recommend one book on Java, this would be it. Apparently, the updated edition is a complete overhaul and not just some tacked on chapters to cover new features since the original edition (I think Java was at version 1.4 maybe?). According to Amazon, new material covered includes "generics, enums, annotations, autoboxing, the for-each loop, varargs, concurrency utilities, and much more". Even though I don't get to code as much as I used to (or would like to), I'm definitely getting this one for the bookshelf, and a few more for the folks at work.
Gavin Terrill's Blog
A blog on software development (with occasional bouts of Australia and sailing).
« BAUF - Big Architecture Up Front | Main | Wide Finder, Two.Oh! »
2008.04.25
Comments
You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post.
The comments to this entry are closed.
Recent Comments
- Thanh Tran on RESTful API and Deploying Updates Safely
- New Mexico Service Jane on Integrating SailWave Race Results with jQuery
- Niels on Remembering Carl Adam Petri
- Elizabeth Harms on jQuery Cycle Plugin - Adding Image Links
- Elizabeth Harms on jQuery Cycle Plugin - Adding Image Links
- rc helicopter reviews on Custom Product Color Variations in Shopify
- Colin Jenkins on Integrating SailWave Race Results with jQuery
- Gavin on jQuery Cycle Plugin - Adding Image Links
- Sam Lowry on jQuery Cycle Plugin - Adding Image Links
- jonathan on jQuery Cycle Plugin - Adding Image Links
Categories
- because it is the right thing to do (2)
- collaboration technology (4)
- entrepreneur (5)
- fail (1)
- herding cats (3)
- java (1)
- no worries mate (5)
- philanphropy (1)
- pot calling the kettle black (2)
- sailing (3)
- semantic web (2)
- shameless plug (5)
- shopify (10)
- software architecture (24)
- software development process (14)
- the business of software (12)
- the devil is in the details (21)
- the geek shall inherit the earth (17)
- weblogs (5)
- you get what you pay for (2)
- you snooze you lose (2)
Posted by: edovale | 2008.04.25 at 10:21 PM