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Java Lessons
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Q: Do we need another book in Java?
A: No. But that's not gonna stop people from writing about it. It certainly didn't stop me
Q: Why did you write YABIJ (yet another book in Java)
A: Because I remember a time when it was simple to learn Java (late 90s for me). All I read was James Gosling's book (The Java Programming Language), and that was enough. Java was a simpler language, simpler technology; just simpler everything. Through the years, Java has solved the most difficult enterprise problems, but in order to do that, it had to grow and expand. Nowadays, for a beginner programmer to learn Java, not only does he need to grapple with the core language and the core platform, but he also needs to wrestle with the myriad of other technologies. A beginner programmer has to go through unnatural contortions before he has even a vague idea on the size and depth of the territory. And many books about Java are not doing him a favour by filling the books with fluff and decorations about philosophies, practices and lots of other gotchas; I get it that that's important, but it's also getting in the way of learning just the basics. The practice and philosophy is a function of experience, it comes later on. First, he needs to know how to code. This books addresses exactly just that. It teaches a beginner how to code
Q: So, what's inside
A: Glad you asked. Lotsa things, core Java language, core platform, web development, database programming, basic build tools and even a small introduction to Android programming. You can read the table of contents for a complete list. You can download some sample chapters
Q: Do we need another book in Java?
A: No. But that's not gonna stop people from writing about it. It certainly didn't stop me
Q: Why did you write YABIJ (yet another book in Java)
A: Because I remember a time when it was simple to learn Java (late 90s for me). All I read was James Gosling's book (The Java Programming Language), and that was enough. Java was a simpler language, simpler technology; just simpler everything. Through the years, Java has solved the most difficult enterprise problems, but in order to do that, it had to grow and expand. Nowadays, for a beginner programmer to learn Java, not only does he need to grapple with the core language and the core platform, but he also needs to wrestle with the myriad of other technologies. A beginner programmer has to go through unnatural contortions before he has even a vague idea on the size and depth of the territory. And many books about Java are not doing him a favour by filling the books with fluff and decorations about philosophies, practices and lots of other gotchas; I get it that that's important, but it's also getting in the way of learning just the basics. The practice and philosophy is a function of experience, it comes later on. First, he needs to know how to code. This books addresses exactly just that. It teaches a beginner how to code
Q: So, what's inside
A: Glad you asked. Lotsa things, core Java language, core platform, web development, database programming, basic build tools and even a small introduction to Android programming. You can read the table of contents for a complete list. You can download some sample chapters
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Published September 1, 2018
About the author
Ted Hagos
14 booksTed is a software developer by trade, at the moment, he’s Chief Technology Officer and Data Protection Officer of RenditionDigital International; a software development company based out of Dublin. He wore many hats in his 20+ years in software development e.g. team lead, project manager, architect and director for development. He also spent time as a trainer for IBM Advanced Career Education, Ateneo ITI and Asia Pacific College. He wrote a couple of books under Apress.
There's a couple of places in the web where you might find my work, but I'm mostly active at workingdev.net
There's a couple of places in the web where you might find my work, but I'm mostly active at workingdev.net
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