Top Java Programming Books - Best of lot, Must Read
These top Java programming books are some of the good books to learn Java and I would say some of them are simply best Java books ever published. Whenever a programmer starts learning Java programming language, the first question he asks is "Which book should I refer to learn Java?", or "What is the best book to learn Java for beginners?" or "Can you tell me some good books to learn Java?" .That itself says how important Java books are for programmers especially beginners. Despite having so many free resources available in Java like tutorial ,tips , blog and code examples, Java books have their own place because of two reasons:
- They are written by programmers who are authority in subject
- They cover the subject with more details and explanation.
Though I have read many of them already, like I have read Effective java almost 3 to 4 times, I have always learned something new.
They are kind of best Java books available today and equally useful for beginners, experienced and advanced Java programmer.
It doesn't matter whether you are completely new in Java or doing Java programming for 5 years, you will definitely learn a lot of new things by going through this book.
Having said that not all book is equally suitable for all programmers, for Java beginners, Head First Java is the best book to start learning and for advanced Java developer, Effective Java is the good book to start with.
They are kind of best Java books available today and equally useful for beginners, experienced and advanced Java programmer.
It doesn't matter whether you are completely new in Java or doing Java programming for 5 years, you will definitely learn a lot of new things by going through this book.
Having said that not all book is equally suitable for all programmers, for Java beginners, Head First Java is the best book to start learning and for advanced Java developer, Effective Java is the good book to start with.
9 Good books to learn Java Programming
Here is my collection of Java books, which I suggest to every programmer who wants to learn Java. It contains books for both beginners and experienced programmers having 2 to 5 years of experience.
It has books to cover different areas of Java e.g. Core Java Fundamentals, Java Collection framework, Multithreading and Concurrency, JVM internals and Performance tuning, Design Patterns etc.
It has books to cover different areas of Java e.g. Core Java Fundamentals, Java Collection framework, Multithreading and Concurrency, JVM internals and Performance tuning, Design Patterns etc.
Head First Java
Head First Java is the best Java book for any programmer who is new in both programming and Java. The head-first way of explanation is quite a phenomena and I really enjoyed whenever I read their books.The Headfirst Java covers essential Java programming knowledge about class, object, Thread, Collection, language feature like Generics, Enum, variable arguments or auto-boxing etc.
They also have some advanced section on Swing, networking and Java IO which makes them a complete package for Java beginners. This should be your first Java book if you are learning from scratch.
In short, the most interesting Java programming books for beginners which is equally good for intermediate Java developers as well.
Head First Design Pattern is another top class Java book from Head First lab, I guess, this is so far their best title.
When I started reading this book back in 2006, I didn't much about design patterns in Java, how they solve common problems, how to apply design pattern, what benefits they provide and all sort of basic things but after reading this Java book I benefited immensely.
There is the first chapter on Inheritance and Composition, which is simply fantastic and promote best practices by first introducing a problem and then the solution
They also have lots of bullet points, exercises, memory maps which help you to understand design patterns much quickly.
If you want to learn core Java design patterns and Object oriented design principle, this is the first Java book you should refer. Head First design pattern is written by Kathy Sierra and team.
Btw, If you are looking for a course on GOF or object-oriented design patterns, I suggest you check out Design Pattern Library, one of the best course I have attended on design patterns so far.
One good news about this book is that the new edition of this book is also updated for Java SE 8, which will teach you how to develop classic GOF design pattern using Java 8 features e.g. lambda expressions and streams.
Effective Java is one of the best or top Java books in my record and most enjoyable as well. I have high regards for Joshua Bloch (writer of this book) for his contribution in Java collection framework and Java concurrency package.
Effective Java is best for a seasoned or experienced programmer who is well versed in Java programming and wants to share their skill by following programming best practices, Java best practices and eager to listen from someone who is contributed in Java development kit.
Effective Java as book scores high on quality, content, and way of explanation. Reading this Java book is a pleasant experience.
Another important point of Effective Java is Item based structure which breaks the whole book in small items and every Item is complete in itself, so you can read this book while traveling or short duration as well.
On contents, Effective Java is a collection of Java programming best practices ranging from static factories, serialization, equals and hashcode to generics, enum and varargs and reflection.
This Java programming book almost cover every aspect of Java in slightly different way than you are used to.
The good news about Effective Java is that, finally, after 10 years of long wait, the Effective Java 3rd edition is coming soon, hopefully before 31st December 2017.
This edition will cover features introduced in JDK 7, 8, and 9, which was released this year in September. It will also have a full chapter on lambdas and Joshua Bloch mention in his twitter channel that he may revise Concurrency chapter if time permits.
I have already pre-ordered this book on Amazon and just can't wait to see it in my hand.
Java Concurrency in Practice is another classic from Joshua Bloch, Doug Lea, and team. Probably the best Java book in Concurrency and multi-threading and one of the must-read for core Java developers.
The strength of Concurrency Practice in Java are:
1) This book is very detailed and captures minor details of multi-threading and concurrency as well.
The strength of Concurrency Practice in Java are:
1) This book is very detailed and captures minor details of multi-threading and concurrency as well.
2) Focus, instead of focusing on core Java classes this book focus on concurrency issues and problems like deadlock, starvation, thread-safety, race conditions and then present ways to solve them using Java concurrency classes.
This book is an excellent resource to learn and master Java concurrency package and classes like CountDownLatch, CyclicBarrier, BlockingQueue or Semaphore. This is the biggest reason I like to read this Java book and read again and again.
3) One more strong point of Concurrency practice in Java is No nonsense Examples, examples in this book are clear, concise and intelligent
4) Explanation: the book is good on explaining what is wrong and why its wrong and how to make it right which is essential for Java book to succeed.
In short, one of the best book to learn concurrency and multi-threading in Java. The content is definitely advanced from a beginner's perspective but surely, a must-read book for experienced Java programmers.
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