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Java 2 Performance and Idiom Guide
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN: 9780130142603
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 0130142603
Label: Prentice Hall PTR
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall PTR
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 299
Publication Date: September 16, 1999
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Studio: Prentice Hall PTR
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Editorial Review:
Written for the working Java programmer, the Java 2 Performance and Idiom Guide provides many tips for improving the efficiency (and readability) of your Java code. It provides a useful reference that will benefit any serious Java developer.
The most notable thing about this book is that it provides a real-world perspective on what does and doesn't work for optimizing Java. (The authors' advice is sometimes counterintuitive, and as Java compilers and environments have improved, outguessing the compiler has become a tricky business.) This book is organized into sections based on the likely effect of the suggested optimizations (from "major-moderate" to "minor" improvements). The authors test their code (and provide benchmark numbers) to back up what they say.
Advice on limiting object creation and remote calls, as well as proper class design for custom classes (especially the implementation custom equals() methods and using object factories) are absolutely invaluable here. The authors also look at how to choose the correct Java 2 collection class for your needs. Included in the discussion are several software patterns and "idioms" (language-specific tips), which can lead to more efficient and reusable designs. With a section on naming conventions, this book also promotes good programming style as well as more efficient code.
As a grab bag of hints for writing better code, the Java 2 Performance and Idiom Guide offers something for almost any Java developer. It demonstrates the authors' considerable experience in real-world projects to show some workarounds for problems that you will sometimes encounter when putting Java into the field for the first time, as well as some leading-edge thinking about efficient class design. --Richard Dragan
Topics covered: Java performance and optimization overview; hardware and memory performance hints; Sun HotSpot JVM; server-side performance issues; optimization hints for algorithms, collections, strings, and object creation; patterns; idioms for designing custom classes; dynamic classloading; constructors and object factories; concurrency hints; resource bundling and internationalization tips; exceptions; interfaces; inner classes and constructors; packaging; testing hints (white-box and unit testing); Java naming conventions; and Java coding style.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Beautiful second read on Java
This book fell into my hands. I started to read it a little and could not really stop until I finished reading it. It is a beautiful second read on Java. Full of gems not easily accessible from the pure syntax. Yes I know it is quite dated but still not out of date. I would hope that the authors will make a second shot for Java 1.5.
Rating:  - Some outdated 1999 tips
They really should release a 2nd edition with new techniques, and remove the old, disproven stuff (double-checked locking works???). We're on the brink of Java 1.5, this book is pure 1.1.
Spend your money on Effective Java by Joshua Bloch. Same style of book, much higher timeliness.
Rating:  - Idiom? Axiom? Idiocy?
Something that inanely irritates me about Craig Larman's books is why he uses "idiom" when he means "axiom". Craig read a dictionary! "idiom" has specifically linguistic meaning, whereas "axiom" means means an approach or principle.
Rating:  - Useful techniques and Practices
Documents useful techniques and best practices. Any serious Java programmer has to read this book atleast once.
Rating: - Very useful tips for Java Programming
I bought this book because I notice there are some tricks that are mentioned in this book are the same as I was told by some experienced software engineers. I feel I even learned more from this book than the dev conference. The examples are very simple and esay to understand. If you have the basic knowledge of Java, this book will bring your Java programming skill to higher level.
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