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Best book to learn java1/6/2024 Recommend this book for anyone who is interested in developing deep fundamentals in the areas of Lambda ExpressionsĪnd their usage in Java 8. In fact, the book coversĮxactly what its title suggests – Lambda Expressions and the power that they bring to Java Programming. On the downside, this isn’t a “complete” book on all the new features in Java 8. What I likedĪbout this book is the emphasis placed by the author in driving home the fundamentals in a clear and detailed Is essentially that – a well-written book on Java 8 Lambdas and their impact on other features in Java. This book Functional Programming in Java: Harnessing the Power Of Java 8 Lambda Expressions Technical depth and understanding which is required to write a book on Java 8 fundamentals. I have seen his sessions and this guy surely has the Venkat Subramaniam is a well-known expert in the Java universe. The Power Of Java 8 Lambda Expressions by Venkat Subramaniam Paperback Java: The Complete Reference, Twelfth Edition is the book which I would highlyįunctional Programming in Java: Harnessing To sum up, if you are a first time learner of Java, and want to start learning with Java version 8, then Weight that the book’s acceptance has right from the first edition to this twelfth edition. The reason I have included this book in this list is due to the sheer High-waters of Java 8’s functional features. Due to its focus on the elementary, the book never really goes into the Introduced to Java 8’s Lambda Expressions. So, you have the 1 stchapter explaining the history and evolution of Java! Next follow theīasics of the languages such as data-types, arrays, classes and so on. Since this book is meant for all experience ranges, one cannot really find fault with the author’sĪpproach. However, the style for writing the book is such that experienced Java programmers will find it a tad bit To be fair to the book, it does cover all Java 8 features in-depth. Who are just starting out with learning Java. Java: The Complete Reference, Twelfth Edition is meant for those Oriented design and architecture but they too seem to be delivered for quick consumption in a capsule-size. The book has separate chapters on data parallelism, and functional programming Such as multiple inheritance, conflict resolution and optional have been put together and covered rather quickly inĪ chapter titled “Libraries”. In fact, many of the areas which should have gone into their individual chapters, Every topic, be it Lambdas, or the all important Streams, are briskly touched Versions differently, one should not get confused between the two books as they are basically the same.Ĭoming back to the book itself, Java 8 Lambdas Functional Programming for the masses is like a quick Whatever maybe the reason for naming the print and kindle Java 8 Lambdas: Pragmatic Functional Programming. However, its kindle edition is named differently as Lambdas Functional Programming for the masses on Amazon. The book’s paperback edition is named as Java 8 One interesting tidbit about the book before the actual review. The Masses by Richard Warburton Paperback Java 8 Lambdas: Functional Programming For Have for anyone looking to master the fundamentals of Java 8. To sum up, Java 8 in Action or its latest edition Modern Java in Action is a must Understand functional programming inside out and talk about areas such as functional programming techniques andĬomparing Java 8 with another functional programming language – Scala. The last few chapters are intended for users who want to The books then goes into deeper Java 8 areas including Parallel Streams, Spliterator, Default Methods and Optional.Īfter covering the functional areas, authors have dedicated chapters to concurrency related Java 8 updates i.e.ĬompletableFutures and the new Java 8 Date Time API. The various permutations and combinations in which one can utilize the full power of Streams. They also have exclusive practice sections, such as those on using Streams API, which show The authors have taken a descriptive style of writing, interlaced with programming examples, showing the usage of the This isįollowed with in-depth explanation of functional interfaces, lambda expressions and streams. In detail how behaviour parametrization works with the new functional constructs introduced in Java 8. The initial chapters build fundamentals of functional programming. The book focusses on the new features introduced Is the best book I have come across for Java 8. Java 8 in Action or its latest edition Modern Java in Action Note – Java 8 in Action doesn’t have a kindle edition version at the time of writing this review. Alan Mycroft Raoul-Gabriel Urma Paperback
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