ByThorben JanssenReading books is my preferred way of learning. I try to read 2 books per month: 1 book about software development and 1 book about personal growth or general business advice. I enjoy books even more than video courses, which seem to be the most popular resource nowadays and of which I recorded a few…
ByThorben JanssenJoshua Bloch finally updated his popular book Effective Java for Java 7, 8 and 9. The previous edition was one of the most popular books among professional Java developers, and I couldn’t wait to finally read the updated 3rd edition. I got this book 2 weeks ago, and it more than fulfilled my expectations. It…
ByThorben JanssenI recently finished the book Java Performance: The Definitive Guide by Scott Oaks and I really liked it! The book is very well written and Scott gives a lot of in-depth explanations about complex topics like JIT compilation, garbage collector algorithms and thread synchronization. I learned a lot about different ways to analyze the performance of an application…