Core Java SE 9 for the Impatient

by Cay S. Horstmann

Readers familiar with Horstmann's original, two-volume “Core Java” books who are looking for a comprehensive, but condensed guide to all of the new features and functions of Java SE 9 will learn how these new features impact the language and core libraries. Instead of the meticulous detail that the much larger two-volume set provides, this condensed treatment focuses on practical examples and is presented in bite-sized chunks. As with Java 8, Modern Java idioms are no longer required and there is a much faster, easier pathway for learning Java. Horstmann quickly cuts to the chase without lecturing about the superiority of one paradigm over another or rehashing Java history. Given the size of the Java language and the scope of the new features introduced in Java 9, there is a great deal of new material to cover, but it is presented in small chunks organized so that you can quickly retrieve it when needed. This book covers all aspects of Java that a modern developer needs to know, including modularity, as well as the powerful lambda expressions that were introduced in Java 8. It will also tell you how to find out more about old-fashioned concepts that you might still see in legacy code, but won't dwell on them.

Genres: Programming, Technology

576 pages, Paperback

Published October 1, 2017

Reviews

[Wayne Tanner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great refresher to me coming back to the Java language after being away for a couple of versions

[Arun · Rating 5 out of 5]

Need for work.
Short reference for Java 9 compared to the other tomes from the same author.
Skipped few chapters that I didn't need but overall excellent balance of succinctness and coverage of important concepts like Streams, Concurrency, Collections API etc.

[Sam · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a textbook for an Object Oriented Programming and Data Abstraction course. It was ok. Too focused on syntax for the assignment in the course. Probably a good resource for folks making a transition to JAVA from other backgrounds.

[Alpha · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the ebook, which has a bad typeset.

The content is OK, but it could be polished a little more. It seems that Mr. Hortsmann wrote it in a rush.