Effective Java Paperback – 1 January 2008

This is the best book ever on Java, however its not on beginners level and requires quite a bit of expertise before anyone can start with this book.What I would like to mention here is that the delivery by Amazon partners was right on time and very smooth.The book is very concise and includes only the topics that programmers are usually uncomfortable or uncertain about and frequently make mistakes.I would recommend this book to all the young programmers of Java language who are at intermediate level and are keen to improve their expertise and programming proficiency.

This is a brilliant book on Java, a must-read for any intermediate to advanced developer in Java. The content assumes that you are already familiar with all the core concepts of the language, and have at least 2 years of experience to be able to appreciate the ideas presented in the book. Familiarity with well-known design patterns such as the Observer pattern, Singleton pattern, Decorator pattern, etc is also assumed. Definitely helps if you have previously developed small-medium sized projects in Java.

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This is "THE" book which every professional Java developer has to read. Not only read, but this book should be within 50 meters of you if you are a Java developer. I had a paperback copy of this, but I lost it during one of my travel. Hence went ahead and purchased a kindle edition!!

Contents- I think this is a must have book for Java developer. This will help to the developer to use Java effectively. This book has 78 items and each items describe the best practices of a rule.Book Quality - Paper and binding quality is very good.

A treasure from guru in "java collections framework". Currently Google's chief architect for Java. This guy has co- authored 2 more books. "Java Puzzler" and "Concurrency Practice in Java.". All 3 books are excellent. If you are serious about your java and technology career. I would recommend all 3 for you.

This book is awesome, the problem with pearson india is when you buy a print edition, they make some chapters online only. I would have bought a ebook if I wanted to read it electronically. This really doesn't make sense.

Book is awesome. 4 stars only because half of the book needs to be read online.If you like reading on your phone or tablet, just download the free PDF available online. Anyway the book only has about two thirds printed, rest are all online chapters.

Ich spreche für die 2. Edition. Berechtigterweise erscheint das Buch stets in "Java books you must read"-Listen. Es kennt die grundlegenden Neuerungen von Java 5. (Erst die 3. Edition kennt die weitreichenden Spracherweiterungen, die mit Java 8 kamen)Das Buch behandelt eigentlich nur die Grundlagen der Sprache und nebenbei einige Patterns, geht dabei aber mehr in die Tiefe als man das von normalen Lehrbüchern gewohnt ist. Daher ist das Buch nichts für Anfänger oder Leute mit nur etwas Java-Erfahrung. Die Texte verwenden teils anspruchsvolles Englisch. Oft schafft es der Autor mit minimalen Code-Beispielen maximale Verwirrung beim Leser zu stiften. Zum Teil musste ich mich (z.B. Kapitel zu Concurrency und Serialization) durchquälen.Fazit: Im Buch stehen viele nützliche, empfehlenswerte Sachen, die allerdings durch wiederholtes Lesen und eventuell zusätzliches Nachprogrammieren erarbeitet werden müssen.

Sinceramente el libro es excelente para reforzar los conocimientos ya adquiridos, lo único es que me gustaría que fueran más específicos en la versión ya que por error compre el de java 6 y yo requería la versión java 9.

Se você é um desenvolvedor Java iniciante ou avançado esse livro é essencial para aprimorar não só suas habilidades e melhor conhecer as boas práticas da plataforma Java, mas primordialmente saber como desenvolver uma API ou sistema mais flexível e seguro.Eu particularmente indico o livro para quem já tem um bom conhecimento da linguagem e tem um ampla experiência com a plataforma pois as dicas e informações do livro serão melhor entendidas. O autor possui um profundo conhecimento da plataforma e demonstra bons e maus exemplos de programação usando o código fonte do próprio JDK. Isso além de permitir um profundo conhecimento do Java nos permite melhorar o nosso software baseando-se em exemplos claros e fortes.Outro ponto forte do livro diz respeito a aspectos de segurança. O autor da dicas relevantes para quem deseja publicar uma API de forma flexível e usando técnicas que previnem ou evitam os ataques mais comuns de "hackers" na plataforma Java.Livro altamente recomendado.

これ読まないでJava書いてる人はモグリかも。読まないで同じ境地に行ける人は天才かも

As my first Java book it did not disappoint. I am currently studying CS at university and everything we have covered usually pops up in this. It is probably not the best book if you are literally just starting how to code in Java but it is a great for learner or a 10 year Java proffesional. The structure is great as it provides great arguments for Bloch's points as well as always trying to mention disadvantages. The book is not biased and teaches you how to write the most proffesional Java, telling you what to use and why you should use it. I am only about a third of the way through it but it has been very helpful along with my university notes.