Book description
Manning's bestselling Java 8 book has been revised for Java 9 and 10! In Modern Java in Action, you'll build on your existing Java language skills with the newest features and techniques.
About the Technology
Modern applications take advantage of innovative designs, including microservices, reactive architectures, and streaming data. Modern Java features like lambdas, streams, and the long-awaited Java Module System make implementing these designs significantly easier. It’s time to upgrade your skills and meet these challenges head on!
About the Book
Modern Java in Action connects new features of the Java language with their practical applications. Using crystal-clear examples and careful attention to detail, this book respects your time. It will help you expand your existing knowledge of core Java as you master modern additions like the Streams API and the Java Module System, explore new approaches to concurrency, and learn how functional concepts can help you write code that’s easier to read and maintain.
What's Inside
- Thoroughly revised edition of Manning’s bestselling Java 8 in Action
- New features in Java 8, Java 9, and beyond
- Streaming data and reactive programming
- The Java Module System
About the Reader
Written for developers familiar with core Java features.
About the Authors
Raoul-Gabriel Urma is CEO of Cambridge Spark. Mario Fusco is a senior software engineer at Red Hat. Alan Mycroft is a University of Cambridge computer science professor; he cofounded the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
Quotes
A comprehensive and practical introduction to the modern features of the latest Java releases with excellent examples!
- Oleksandr Mandryk, EPAM Systems
Hands-on Java 8 and 9, simply and elegantly explained.
- Deepak Bhaskaran, Salesforce
A lot of great examples and use cases for streams, concurrency, and reactive programming.
- Rob Pacheco, Synopsys
My Java code improved significantly after reading this book. I was able to take the clear examples and immediately put them into practice.
- Holly Cummins, IBM
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Brief Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Praise for the previous edition, Java 8 in Action, by Raoul-Gabriel Urma, Mario Fusco, and Alan Mycroft.
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About this book
- About the authors
- About the cover illustration
- Part 1. Fundamentals
- Part 2. Functional-style data processing with streams
- Part 3. Effective programming with streams and lambdas
- Part 4. Everyday Java
- Part 5. Enhanced Java concurrency
- Part 6. Functional programming and future Java evolution
- Appendix A. Miscellaneous language updates
- Appendix B. Miscellaneous library updates
- Appendix C. Performing multiple operations in parallel on a stream
- Appendix D. Lambdas and JVM bytecode
- Index
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Listings
Product information
- Title: Modern Java in Action
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2018
- Publisher(s): Manning Publications
- ISBN: 9781617293566
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