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Modern Java - A Guide to Java 8
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| Modernizer | Modern Java - A Guide to Java 8 | |
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| 5 | 2 | |
| 358 | 16,606 | |
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| 8.2 | 2.7 | |
| 17 days ago | 8 months ago | |
| Java | Java | |
| Apache License 2.0 | MIT License |
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Modernizer
- Detect uses of legacy Java or library APIs
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How to make IntelliJ tell you about updated standard libs with the same purpose?
This is another option: https://github.com/gaul/modernizer-maven-plugin
Modern Java - A Guide to Java 8
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Java 20 / JDK 20: General Availability
Here are some resources I've found helpful and have read or are on my backlog to catch up with these developments:
- https://github.com/wesleyegberto/java-new-features (terse, includes links to JEPs, good jumping off point)
- https://github.com/winterbe/java8-tutorial (quick tour through features of Java 8)
- https://winterbe.com/posts/2018/09/24/java-11-tutorial/ (same for Java 11)
Books:
- Java 8 in Action / Modern Java in Action (Raoul-Gabriel Urma, Alan Mycroft, Mario Fusco; 2014 and 2018 respectively)
- The Well-Grounded Java Developer (Martijn Verburg, Benjamin Evans, Jason Clark; 2022) - not specifically focused on new features but does cover them in the context of going deeper into Java and the JVM.
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Coming from .net to java
Otherwise, learning Maven has been really important. As for learning the language, I liked Winterbe's guides. Here's one. https://github.com/winterbe/java8-tutorial
What are some alternatives?
FF4J - Feature Flags for Java made easy
CQEngine - Ultra-fast SQL-like queries on Java collections
LightAdmin - [PoC] Pluggable CRUD UI library for Java web applications
Design Patterns - Design patterns implemented in Java
Polyglot for Maven - Support alternative markup for Apache Maven POM files
Lanterna - Java library for creating text-based GUIs
Maven Wrapper - The easiest way to integrate Maven into your project!
Joda-Money - Java library to represent monetary amounts.
J2ObjC - A Java to iOS Objective-C translation tool and runtime.
Jimfs - An in-memory file system for Java 7+