Practical Java: Programming Language Guide

About this book

Written by an "in-the-trenches" expert on the Java(tm) programming language this book provides readers with a practical approach to producing correct efficient and robust code. This broad-ranging guide can help programmers with varying levels of expertise to understand Java more completely and to maximize their coding effectiveness. This books rules-based format examines 68 key topics on how to improve your code providing crisp well-written examples and solutions. All of the examples and solutions are accompanied by thorough explanations for achieving a working solution of your own. This practical approach to programming and design describes the best practices used by experienced programmers. Intended for the intermediate to advanced Java programmer the Practical Java(tm) Programming Language Guide is organized into individual lessons so it can either be read from cover to cover or by individual topic. Topics discussed include: Objects and equality Exception handling Performance Multithreading Classes and interfaces If you want to spend less time debugging optimizing and tuning your code this example-oriented down-to-earth guide is full of practical techniques for exploiting the Java programming language. The 68 topics were chosen based on their relevance to effective and efficient programming practices. A special section focusing on performance provides valuable insights into Java performance issues and useful performance improvement techniques. If you want real-world sound advice on building applications using the Java programming language this book is essential reading.