by Joshua Bloch
appears in Programming, Technology, and Nonfiction.
Since this Joltaward winning classic was last updated in 2008 (shortly after Java 6 was released), Java has changed dramatically. The principal enhancement in Java 8 was the addition of functional Programming, constructs to Java's objectoriented roots. Java 7, 8, and 9 also introduced language features, such as the trywithresources statement, th...
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Consider Core Java Volume IFundamentals by Cay S. Horstmann.
“Reading feels methodical and detail-first: chapters cover syntax, the standard library, and SE 9–11 changes with careful, code-centered examples that assume prior programming fluency. The best parts are clear explanations of tricky corners (generics, concurrency, module-related adjustments) and compact sample code you can adapt. The book's limiting side is its manual-like stretches—long reference passages and few guided, end-to-end projects—so people who learn by building may find momentum stalls.”
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