Misfiring Neurons » Books http://pavel.tcholakov.net Just another geek with a blog Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:29:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Effective Java Updated http://pavel.tcholakov.net/2008/06/effective-java-updated/ http://pavel.tcholakov.net/2008/06/effective-java-updated/#comments Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:29:52 +0000 Pavel http://kay.za.net/?p=69 Brush up on your Java 5 bag of tricks with this talk by Joshua Bloch based on his updated Effective Java book (can't recommend it highly enough).

A colleague of mine commented that this book has about the same information density as maths textbooks, so don't be mislead by the low number of pages - it is excellent value for money ;-)

]]> http://pavel.tcholakov.net/2008/06/effective-java-updated/feed/ 0 Uncle Bob’s upcoming book: Clean Code http://pavel.tcholakov.net/2008/04/uncle-bobs-upcoming-book-clean-code/ http://pavel.tcholakov.net/2008/04/uncle-bobs-upcoming-book-clean-code/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:58:07 +0000 Pavel http://kay.za.net/?p=57 Awesome - finally something to bash people on the head with when they write ugly code! :-) (Ok, the "code smells" from Refactoring are a good start too but this seems more pedagogic in nature.) There are a lot of technical books out there, but few focus on good general practices. One of my favourites is Effective Java by Joshua Bloch, but it's focus is slightly more architectural and less on day-to-day coding. I love Bob Martin's writing so I didn't have to look long at the table of contents to order my copy as soon as it's available!

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