Friday, April 14, 2023

Effective Java, 3rd Edition Review - Must Read Book for Java Programmers

Hello guys, I have an interesting news to share with you today. After a long wait of almost 10 years, the Effective Java 3rd edition is finally coming this year, hopefully, December 2017. The Effective Java 2nd Edition was released in May 2008 and updated for Java SE 6, but it been, good 10 years now and there is a lot of interest from Java developers around the world for Effective Java 3rd edition after Java SE 8 release and I am very happy to inform you guys that, finally, all our wishes are granted and Effective Java 3rd edition is set to arrive this year. It will not only cover Java 9 release but also all the changes from Java 7 and Java 8.

In fact,  I am more interested in how existing patterns and practices change due to massive and powerful tools introduced in Java 8 release e.g. lambda expressions, default methods, Stream API, and notably, new Date and Time API.

There have been some changes with respect to exactly when Effective Java 3rd edition will be available e.g. earlier it was supposed to release in October but now I am hearing 29th December. Anyway, a good thing is that you can still pre-order the book on Amazon and get a discount of 5%.

Why Java developers Waiting for an Effective Java 3rd Edition?

Well, If you are a Java developer then I don't think I need to answer this question because Effective Java 2nd edition is one of the best if not the best books written for Java Developers. Its first edition has received praises from James Gosling, the creator of Java language, who himself said that even he needs this book and encourage many Java developers to buy this book.

Effective Java, 3rd Edition finally coming - will cover JDK 7, 8 and 9

I have read Effective Java multiple times since I discovered this book in 2011. Yes, I was very late to discover this great book but after that, there was no looking back.

I have learned a lot from this book with respect to designing API, using Java libraries in a correct way and in general, professional programming and I strongly recommend this book to all Java developers who have 2 to 3 years of experience.

Personally, Effective Java and Clean Code shaped the way I do programming, before that, I write code, which works but after reading that I write code, which can be read and maintained better than before.

It one of those books, which is not only full of practical information and best practices, which one can only learn after years of experience but also highly readable. It's one of those rare books, where you want to read every single page.

What makes Effective Java great? Personally, I think, Joshua Bloch's internal experience with Java API e.g. collection framework and Java lang package along with his great insight on how to do things right using Java makes the book great.

Now, coming to the 3rd edition of Effective Java. In my last post, Is Josh Bloch's Effective Java still relevant to the era of Java 8, I discussed that even though 2nd edition advice still holds, there are better ways to do those things using new features introduced in Java 8 and the book needs to be updated to take account of those features?


In general, programming and architecture have also changed a lot in last 10 years and given that many Java developer has high regard for Effective Java book, it makes sense to update it with time to keep it more relevant.

Here are some of the important things you will find in the new edition of Effective Java:

1. Effective Java 3rd edition will cover Java 7, 8, and 9
2. Joshua Bloch is considering revising the concurrency chapter, time permitting.
3. A whole chapter on lambdas and stream.
4. New library features such as the Optional interface, java.time, and the convenience factory methods for collections.
5. NIO 2.0 introduced in JDK 7.
6. Functional programming constructs that were added to its object-oriented roots.
7. Functional interfaces, lambda expressions, method references, and streams.

To be honest, I am quite excited about Effective Java 3rd edition and already pre-ordered this book on Amazon because I am 100% sure, it would be very difficult to get in the first month because of huge anticipation and demand. If you want to avoid disappointment, I suggest you pre-order too.

Source: Well, after a lot of rumors about the Effective Java 3rd edition, finally, the announcement came from the author himself, Joshua Bloch. Here is his tweet about Effective Java 3rd edition and 20% discount offered by publisher on pre-order:


Further Reading
SOLID Principles of Object-Oriented Design

It's one of the major events for Java developers after Java 9 and Spring 5 release this year. If it's come by Christmas then it will be the best gift for all the Java developers from the world by Joshua Bloch. If you don't want to feel missed, just go and pre-order this book on Amazon here.

17 comments :

Prasanna said...

Thank you for the info!!!

javin paul said...

Your welcome, did you also pre-order? I also come to know, there is further discount available if you buy directly from publisher instead of Amazon, I guess 20% discount on original price, if you haven't check these promotions http://www.informit.com/promotions/java-programming-resources-139738

Anonymous said...

Who is the publisher of this book? Where can I download the free PDF or sample chapter for Effective Java 3 please?

Anonymous said...

Does it cover any performance related stuff as well? e.g. G1 Garbage Collector and other things introduced in JDK 8 or 9 which can improve performance of Java application?

J!tendra said...

Thank you...for this information.

Unknown said...

I'd like to see something on dependency injection and how it should relate to say the factory pattern since we now have @Inject.
Still looking forward to it :)

javin paul said...

@Unknown, yes, that would be interesting but I doubt, Effective Java will cover anything other than JDK i.e. annotations introduced in other JSR, but, let's hope, Joshua Bloch do get some time to do that

Anonymous said...

Effective Java, Third Ed. preorder from Informit at 40% off, with free US shipping (promo code PREORDER) https://t.co/UbCeyX2UFE

Rohan Gala said...

If i havent read effective java 2nd Edition
is it necessary that i first read 2nd Edition then 3rd one...?

Javin said...

Update: Effective Java Published today, let us know if you have got your copy from pre-order, mine is yet to arrive.

Anonymous said...

Hey javin, how do I get this book in Singapore? Amazon showing "This title has not yet been released."? Where can I order?
Thanks

Unknown said...

I just got mine. So excited. Let’s go read it

Detective007 said...

When will this book be available in India?

Unknown said...

please any one suggest me that, i need to start from 2nd or 3rd edition of effective java

javin paul said...

Hello Tauseef, you can start with Effective Java 3rd edition, no point reading 2nd edition if we already have updated 3rd edition.

Anonymous said...

Where can I download Effective Java 3rd Edition PDF for FREE?

Anonymous said...

hey, you can download the free pdf of Effective Java third edition on this github link https://github.com/Hearen/Java-Books/blob/master/Effective%20Java%20(3rd%20Edition).pdf , I don't know who uploaded this but you can download before it goes away.

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