Refactoring to Modern Java

by Trisha Gee

Released August 2016

Publisher(s): Pearson

ISBN: 0134653610

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Video description

Two Hours of Video Instruction

Overview
Many Java developers today are working on applications written before the release of Java SE 8. Even after Java 8 is adopted for new features, it’s likely that these legacy applications will not take full advantage of Java 8 without significant refactoring.

Description
In Refactoring to Modern Java LiveLessons, Java Champion Trisha Gee discusses the benefits of using Java 8 and shows how to identify code to refactor. She also demonstrates how Java 8 can improve performance and the benefits of applying Java 8 idioms. In this video training, Trisha provides hands-on techniques using a real application, Morphia, written in Java 6, to show when and how to apply the new features in Java 8 to an existing mature code base.

Related Code Files:
The code for this training can be found at https://github.com/mongodb/morphia. To view the code after the refactoring has been completed, see this branch: https://github.com/trishagee/morphia/tree/r2j8.

About the Instructor

Trisha Gee has developed Java applications for a range of industries, including finance, manufacturing, technology, open source, and nonprofit, for companies of all sizes. She has expertise in Java high-performance systems and is passionate about enabling developer productivity. Trisha blogs regularly on subjects that she thinks developers and other humans should care about. She’s a leader of the Sevilla Java User Group, a key member of the London Java Community, and a Java Champion.

https://twitter.com/trisha_gee
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Skill Level
Intermediate

What You Will Learn

Understand the benefits of refactoring to Java 8
Determine what you need to have in place before refactoring
Identify sections of code to refactor
Refactor code automatically and through developer insight
Measure performance of the code before and after refactoring
Weigh the pros and cons of the changes to determine what to refactor

Who Should Take This Course
Java developers who are working on an existing system. From a technical point of view, this is suitable for junior and senior developers, but senior/lead developers and architects will find this talk useful to decide whether to apply these changes in their applications and to provide guidance to the rest of their teams.

Course Requirements
Experience with the Java Programming language.

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