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Modular Java

rleir — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:27:02 +0000

Modular Java – Creating Flexible Applications with OSGi and Spring, Craig Walls, Pragmatic, 2009

Java programmers will want to read this, particularly if they are working with Eclipse plugins. OSGi is an improvement on Java’s classes and packages. The Pragmatic people explain it all so well. 240 pages.

Implementing SOA Using Java EE

rleir — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:03:18 +0000

Implementing SOA Using Java EE, B. V. Kumar, Addison-Wesley, 2010

This book is intended for architects of enterprise systems. Unfortunately, it is poorly written and you will do better with any recent Java EE book. 350 pages.

Harnessing Hibernate

rleir — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:04:59 +0000

Harnessing Hibernate, James Elliott, O’Reilly 2008

Java programmers will want to read this. It is dated, but recent enough to include Java Persistence API (JPA) integration. 350 pages.

Dependency Injection

rleir — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:08:26 +0000

Dependency Injection : design patterns using Spring and Guice / Dhanji R. Prasanna, Manning, 2009

Java programmers will find this valuable. 300 pages, contents:

– Dependency injection: what’s all the hype?
– Time for injection
– Investigating DI
– Building modular applications
– Scope: a fresh breath of state
– More use cases in scoping
– From birth to death: object lifecycle
– Managing an object’s behavior
– Best practices in code design
– Integrating with third-party frameworks
– Dependency injection in action!

appendix A – The Butterfly Container
appendix B – Smarty Pants for Adobe Flex

Clean Code

rleir — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:40:09 +0000

Clean Code : a Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship / Robert C. Martin ; [with] Michael C. Feathers … [et al.], Prentice Hall, 2009

The programming gods have spoken, and this is the way and the light. The example code is in Java, but the rules and practices should be applied where possible to all languages. 400 pages.

JavaServer Faces 2.0

rleir — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:02:35 +0000

JavaServer Faces 2.0 : the complete reference / Ed Burns, McGraw-Hill, 2010

A well written book by knowledgeable insiders. 700 pages.

Beginning JSF 2 APIs and JBoss Seam

rleir — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:44:50 +0000

Beginning JSF 2 APIs and JBoss Seam / Kent Ka lok Tong, Apress, 2009

This book introduces you to developing web apps using Java Server Faces and the Seam framework. 300 pages.

Programming Scala

rleir — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:41:08 +0000

Programming Scala : tackle multicore complexity on the JVM / Venkat Subramaniam, Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2008

Programmers will see the Scala language for parallel processing as a path to the future. As always, this Pragmatic book is very practical. Read it online here. 200 pages.

Beginning database-driven application development in Java EE Using GlassFish

rleir — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:09:32 +0000

Beginning database-driven application development in Java EE Using GlassFish / Using GlassFish Yuli Vasiliev, Apress, 2008

For enterprise web app developers. 400 pages.

Beginning Java ME

rleir — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:51:26 +0000

Beginning Java ME Platform / Ray Rischpater, Apress, 2008.

This book is for the programmer who wants to develop a mobile app once, and deploy it on diverse PDA / smart-phones (BB, Nokia, Android ..). Am I oversimplifying the challenge? 550 pages.