Saturday, February 15, 2025

Is Joshua Bloch's Effective Java Still Valid in 2025? Is it worth it?

Effective Java is probably one of the most read books on Java technology and has been regarded by many programmers as the best book for Java developers. Though, recently many Java programmers have asked me whether Effective Java is still relevant in the era of Java 21? Or is there any better book on the same topic. The question is logical because It's been quite some time since the 3rd edition of Effective Java released and also the most recent Java 10 to Java 21 has changed how you code Java. Many idioms and design patterns of good old days now become redundant and can be done easily with the new Java features and feature, but does that mean "Effective Java" is not relevant now? Well, No, not at all. Effective Java is still relevant and a must-read for Java programmers due to several reasons, which you will see in this article.

Friday, February 14, 2025

My New Course Master Software Diagrams with ChatGPT, AI, and Mermaid is Now Available on Udemy !!

Hello guys, How are you doing? I hope you are having great time on Valentine's Day. I am super excited to announce that my first project of the year, a Udemy course, Software Diagrams using ChatGPT, AI, and Mermaid is live now, and you can buy it for just $9.9 during launch. One of my goal this year was to release a video course on Udemy and here we are with our first ever video course on Udemy Software Diagrams using ChatGPT, AI, and Mermaid AI, particularly AI tools like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Claude, Gemini are really powerful and you can use them in many different tasks from coding, development, code review, testing, and even for generating software architecture diagrams for documentation.

Grokking The Spring Boot Interview for Java Programmers [50% Discount]

Hello guys,  I am very excited to announce the release of my new book, Grokking the Spring Boot Interview and you can grab your copy for a special price of $10.99 on Gumroad. Ever since I talked about this book, after the success of my first book in 10 years, Grokking the Java Interview, I have received a lot of positive response which motivates me to work on this book and I really wish that my books on Java and Spring interviews will guide you to find the Java developer job you always wish for. If you have given any Java interviews recently then you may know that Java Interviews are notoriously tough to crack. Not because they ask impossible algorithmic questions like Google or Amazon but because of the vast nature of Java API, Frameworks and Libraries.

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Top 5 Books to Learn Docker for Beginners in 2025 - Best of Lot

Hello guys, if you are a developer or software engineer then you might have heard about Docker and containers. Being an author of a Java and Programming blog, I daily receive a lot of questions about Docker like what is Docker? what is Docker compose, which Docker commands should I learn, what is Docker Hub, How can I migrate my application to Docker and how can I deploy Docker container on AWS, Azure, and GCP. These are also some of the common doubts of programmers across the world. Let's start with What is Docker and why a Programmer should learn Docker? Simply speaking, Docker programming language makes project management and deployment seem easy.

Top 8 Books to Learn JavaScript in 2025 - Best of Lot, Must Read

JavaScript is the most popular programming language in Web, way ahead of popular ones like Perl, Ruby, and Python. It is also one of the essential skills for any Web developer. It is even true for Java developers. If you have JavaScript in your resume or LinkedIn profile, you will likely receive many Job opportunities. Everybody wants polyglots, programmers who know multiple programming languages because most of the real-world projects are developed with multiple technologies, you will always found some component is written in Java, some in C++, then you have JSP, Server, jQuery, JavaScript, etc. for web pages and so on. In short, it's essential to learn JavaScript in today's competitive world.

7 Free Data Structure and Algorithms Books in Java Programming in 2025

In the last article, I have shared some of the best data structure and algorithms books for programmers, but those were not free. After that article, I received some feedback about how about sharing free data structure and algorithm books? Fair enough, everybody loves free eBooks, courses, and PDFs, don't you? In the past, I have shared a list of free Java programming books, so I had some ideas. I did some more research on the internet and checked my collection as well. Fortunately, there are a couple of good Data Structure and Algorithm books which are available for free as a PDF download or for online reading, which is what I am going to share with you all today.

Monday, February 10, 2025

5 Best Java 8 Lambda, Stream, and Functional Programming Books for Beginners and Experienced in 2025 [UPDATED]

If you follow Java updates, you may know that Java 13 was released, and Java 14 is on the way, but I often receive emails and queries asking about some good books to learn Java 8. Since Java 8 is very different from any other JDK release, in terms of language and API enhancement, you really need an excellent book to learn fundamentals. In short, based upon my 2 years of learning and reading Java 8 books, I can say that Java SE 8 for Really Impatient is hands down the best book to learn Java 8. It covers all the essential things released in JDK 8, not just lambda expression and streams but also new Date and Time API and several other minor enhancement yet crucial features, which often go unnoticed.

7 Must Read Tech Books For Experienced Developers and Leads in 2025 - Best of Lot

Hello guys, if you are looking for some interesting novel-style tech books to read this weekend then you have come to the right place. Earlier, I have shared the best software architecture books and in this article, I am going to share the best tech books for experienced developers to not just learn technical skills but also operational and management skills in a fun and easy way. I always like to read books which are interesting first and informative later because it's very difficult to go through a book which informative but not interesting and that's why when I found an interesting tech book which is full of life lessons, I buy it and read it again and again and this book list is collection of such books. 

Top 5 Books to Learn Java Programming from Scratch in 2025 - Best of Lot

I receive lots of emails and Facebook chats related to Java, but one of the most common questions which I have mostly asked is, which is the best book to learn Java? I have just started learning Java, Could you please recommend a good core Java book to me? After answering in one word too many of those readers and new Java developers as "Head First Java," I thought to write this blog post, Why? because some of them came back to me and asked me, "Can you please recommend a serious Java book, not the comics?" Well, I didn't like that comment, but then I thought it's natural that not everyone will find "Head First Java" as useful as I have always found.

Top 6 Advanced SQL Books for Experienced Programmers in 2025 - Best of Lot, Must read

If you an experienced programmer and know how to write SQL queries and database fundamentals but want to take your SQL and database skills to the next level then you have a come to the right place. In this blog, I have shared a lot of free SQL books and courses you can use to start your SQL journey. This is also the second article about SQL books, In the first part, I have shared some of the best SQL books which are essential to learning SQL queries and fundamentals of database like normalization, indexing, and other design stuff, if you haven't read it yet, I suggest to do it now. You will find some amazing books to start learning SQL.

Saturday, February 8, 2025

Top 8 Books to Learn Spring Boot and Spring Cloud for Java Developers in 2025 - Best of Lot

Hello guys, if you are a Java developer and want to learn Spring Boot and Spring Cloud frameworks and looking for some of the best books and courses, then you have come to the right place. In the past, I have shared some of the best Spring Boot courses and Spring Cloud courses, and today I am going to talk about some of the best books to learn Spring Boot and Spring Cloud, but before that let's try to understand what is Microservice and how Spring Boot and Spring Cloud helps with the development of microservices in Java. In simple words, Microservices is nothing but an extension of RESTful web services with the fundamental idea to break up your code into small, distributed, and independent services for better scalability and management, but it does require thoughtful design and think through ability.

Top 6 Hibernate Books for Java Developers in 2025 - Best, Must read

Hibernate is one of the most popular, open-source ORM (Object Relational Mapping) framework, which has now become a standard for developing persistence layer on Java enterprise application, along with JPA (Java Persistence API). I often receive requests to suggest which book is best to learn to hibernate or recommendation about some good books and training courses on Spring and Hibernate. This motivates me to write this article about some of the best books on Hibernate currently available on the market.

Top 7 Books to Learn and Master Programming and Coding in 2025 - Must Read, Best of Lot

Coding is an integral part of Programming, and we all somehow learned to code by following examples here and there. Yes, I am talking about both self-taught programmer and Computer Science Graduates. You can learn Coding easily if you are dedicated, but what is more difficult is to write good code. You can easily find programmers in Java, C++, Ruby, or Python, but finding programmers, who are also a good coder is very difficult. Some universities have a good curriculum and practical classes to teach coding better than others, but most of these great coders are self-taught Programmers, who learned by reading books, joining online courses, and doing things on their own.

Top 5 Books to Learn Unit testing, JUnit and TDD in Java in 2025 - Best of Lot

Hello guys, If you done some professional Java development then you know that Unit testing is a very, very important thing to learn to adapt. I would say this is the single most important practice in my opinion, which differentiates an excellent programmer with a professional programmer. It's one way you can see how disciplined a programmer is? It's also the best way to write clean code; a code that can stand the test of time, a code that is flexible enough to accommodate future changes and a code that you don't afraid of while changing. Despite several efforts of promoting unit testing by programming community and emphasizing unit testing by many notable programmers, it's still one of the lacking practice.

Friday, February 7, 2025

2 Books to Prepare for Spring Professional Certifications (VMware EDU-1202) Exam

Ever since Pivotal (now VMware) has removed the requirement of mandatory training to become a certified Spring developer, many Spring developers have been asking for good resources to prepare for Spring Professional V5.0 Exam like books, courses, mock exams, study notes, etc. to prepare for Spring Core Certifications via self-study. Since, earlier, you cannot give Spring certification exam without attending an online or instructor-led core Spring training, which costs around 3200 USD in the USA and North America and 50K INR in India, many experienced Spring developers refrain from becoming a certified Spring developer.