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About the Book
Video course now available! I have created a course on Udemy based on the curriculum of this book. The content is mostly the same, but if you purchase the book, you will have access to a 50% off coupon code for the video course. It's a great way to solidify your understanding as I go through each technology interactively using the code examples in the book.
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When I started my first Java job, I was immediately overwhelmed by my knowledge gaps of the Java ecosystem. I knew how to write decent code and had a good understanding of the Java language, but I had never used Hibernate or "deployed a war to Tomcat"...and what's a "pom"? I soon found that answers to these questions were less than straightforward. Wading through pages of dense documentation and poorly written tutorials often left me just as confused as when I started.
That's why I decided to write Java for the Real World. Having lived through the pain of learning the Java ecosystem, I wanted to create a resource for anyone else in their first Java job to quickly become aware of all the ancillary technologies that Java uses. I intentionally do not provide deep tutorials in the book. Not only would that be an insurmountable task (nearly all of these technologies have books of their own), but I have found that companies use the tools in such different ways that tutorials only go so far. Instead, I provide an overview of the most common tools you are likely to encounter, example code to see the technology in action, and suggested resources for more in-depth study.
Starting a new job is stressful enough, why make it worse by losing yourself in a sea on new words and tools? Java for the Real World is a practical and candid book that can be your guide to vast world of professional Java development.
Updated September 2018:
- All the code updated for Java 11
- A new project for Vaadin Flow
- Expanded discussion on the different JDK versions
About the Author
Phillip Johnson is a software developer based out of Columbus, Ohio. He has worked on projects ranging from call center queuing to bioinformatics and has used a wide range of technologies including Python, Java, Scala, and SQL. He blogs at Let's Talk Data.