Java Generics and Collections: Speed Up the Java Development Process

Java Generics and Collections : [speed up the Java development process]

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By far the best book on thetopic, it provides a crystal clear tutorial that starts with thebasics and ends leaving the reader with a deep understanding of boththe use and design of generics. But they have also confused many developers whohaven't known how to take advantage Java Generics and Collections: Speed Up the Java Development Process. Maurice Naftalin , Philip Wadler. Safari offers a solution that's better than e-books. In one life, I labor through complex, terse, and often obscure works of philosophy. In the other, I blissfully bang out thousands of lines of code in my happy little IDE -- the famous editor VI that's pronounced "Six" -- it's roman numerals.

I'm not making fun of your ignorance One thing I have noticed is that academic writing often forgoes altogether any concern for the readability of the text. Another is the noted absence of any examples or Okay, I straddle two worlds. Another is the noted absence of any examples or illustrative material that might actually have any bearing on reality.

Google "Brains in a vat" But in happy computer land, I rarely find this to be the case. Mainstream books in programming tend to be practical and readable Sometimes they get nauseatingly so. Java Generics and Collections, like me, straddles two worlds. And it does so with moderate success. While it certainly provides the details on generic and collections, it has its "Computer Science " moments. The book is all about the facts. No gratuitous coffee jokes. No fanciful business problems that we will magically be able to solve with the help of Java Generics Man.

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But sometimes the text gets a little too terse. Huge chunks of code get explained in just a line or two leaving the reader wondering about the details. Sometimes as is the case in most of Chapter 3 , major concepts are explained in self-referential ways, while no clear definitions for key concepts are offered. Those moments left me frustrated, to be sure. If I wanted to try to figure out what someone else's code did, I'd read Java Puzzlers But aside from those points, I've found this book very helpful in explaining the details of a system that the official Java documentation just doesn't adequately cover.

Java Generics and Collections: Speed Up the Java Development Process

This book will land on my reference shelf with precious few other computer books -- the five or six like [title: Jan 07, Michael Koltsov rated it it was amazing. Finally, i've read this book! I have a point that i should finish every book that i've started to read. This book was an exception, because i wasn't able to finish it for a few years. I had all sorts of execuses not to read this book, some of them were a lack of time and a complete disinterest in the subject of this book. I was wrong, the book is interesting. It's a sort of holy grail for those who want to know how generics work under the hood and where to apply them.

As for me i was interested i Finally, i've read this book! As for me i was interested in the second part of it which is "Collections".

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Oct 06, Burak Dede rated it really liked it Shelves: We all know that java generics is a hard to swallow topic but this book makes it easy to understand decisions behind the generics and gives some best practices. In order to give sense of generics book follows collections framework and detailed information about collection interfaces and methods. Nicely structured and easy to follow with bonus of being thin book. Feb 13, Colin Jones rated it really liked it. The first half, on generics, helped to make things clearer - will probably need a second read to solidify.

May 06, Laurent added it Shelves: A must read on Generics Apr 25, Spencer rated it really liked it Shelves: I was concerned that this book would be tedious on such a narrow subject. The authors delivered the information directly and clearly. This was enough to keep everything interesting. Oct 30, Narendra Pathai rated it really liked it Shelves: Great book that goes in depth of Java Generics which feels awkward initially to someone coming from other languages. Sep 02, Prakash rated it liked it Shelves: I read the collection API part.

It is not as good a book and in-depth implementation details of API's is missing.

Oct 05, David Ahlbeck rated it really liked it. Quite heavy going at times but does cover most topics on generics and collections you could possibly need. Feb 26, Marius A rated it really liked it. Your Web browser is not enabled for JavaScript. Some features of WorldCat will not be available. Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: Search WorldCat Find items in libraries near you. Advanced Search Find a Library. Your list has reached the maximum number of items. Please create a new list with a new name; move some items to a new or existing list; or delete some items. Your request to send this item has been completed.

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