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I am the author of five books, four about software development and one about managing your manager. My technical books are "Kotlin Cookbook", "Modern Java Recipes", and "Gradle Recipes for Android", all from O'Reilly Media, and "Making Java Groovy" from Manning.

My latest book is called "Help Your Boss Help You" and is all about building a relationship with your manager that gets you what you want from your job when you want it. The book is intended for working professionals, defined as people who currently care more about doing their job well than moving through the ranks of people management, but who still have to deal with managers all the time.

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	Modern Java Recipes: Simple Solutions to Difficult Problems in Java 8 and 9 4.14 avg rating — 66 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Gradle Recipes for Android: Master the New Build System for Android 3.91 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“A functional interface in Java 8 is an interface with a single, abstract method. As such, it can be the target for a lambda expression or method reference.”
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“Static methods in interfaces remove the need to create separate utility classes,”
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