Practical Java
by Peter Haggar · first published 2000
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…concentrated reading, and I’m far more effective at explaining and using Docker than I was after all that Googling). I also concur with other posts here in pointing out that the books Effective Java[2] and Practical Java[3] are information-rich sources on nit-picky and gritty Java concerns. If I was going for an entry-level Java position and had to minimize my hours of preparation, I’d still go with the tutorial style…
on “Ask HN: What's the best way to quickly get up to speed on Java?” ↗…double-check-locking safe but http://www.cs.umd.edu/~pugh/java/memoryModel/DoubleCheckedLo... Just put a `synchronized` on it and call it good. The JVM is so damn fast, _nearly_ all the stuff in the Haggar book (Practical Java) is not applicable anymore.
on “Handling Associations on Null Objects in Rails” ↗