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Java(TM) Puzzlers: Traps, Pitfalls, and Corner Cases


By Joshua Bloch, Neal Gafter
 
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Book Details:

Format:Paperback, 312 pages.
Publisher:Addison-Wesley Professional 2005-07-04
ISBN:032133678X

Average Customer Rating:

4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (28 reviews)

Editorial Reviews:

"Every programming language has its quirks. This lively book reveals oddities of the Java programming language through entertaining and thought-provoking programming puzzles." --Guy Steele, Sun Fellow and coauthor of The Java Language Specification "I laughed, I cried, I threw up (my hands in admiration)." --Tim Peierls, president, Prior Artisans LLC, and member of the JSR 166 Expert Group How well do you really know Java? Are you a code sleuth? Have you ever spent days chasing a bug caused by a trap or pitfall in Java or its libraries? Do you like brainteasers? Then this is the book for you! In the tradition of Effective Java , Bloch and Gafter dive deep into the subtleties of the Java programming language and its core libraries. Illustrated with visually stunning optical illusions, Java Puzzlers features 95 diabolical puzzles that educate and entertain. Anyone with a working knowledge of Java will understand the puzzles, but even the most seasoned veteran will find them challenging. Most of the puzzles take the form of a short program whose behavior isn't what it seems. Can you figure out what it does?Puzzles are grouped loosely according to the features they use, and detailed solutions follow each puzzle. The solutions go well beyond a simple explanation of the program's behavior--they show you how to avoid the underlying traps and pitfalls for good. A handy catalog of traps and pitfalls at the back of the book provides a concise taxonomy for future reference. Solve these puzzles and you'll never again fall prey to the counterintuitive or obscure behaviors that can fool even the most experienced programmers.


Customer Reviews:

Displaying 1 to 5 of 28 total reviews (Page 1 of 6):

5 out of 5 stars I loved it - I must be a Geek!

Don't buy this book if you other chores to do. You won't be able to put it down! Both fun and challenging. A one-of-a-kind book for Java lovers.

5 out of 5 stars one of my best for Java

This is an amusing and at the same time amazing book that helps avoiding some very dark corners you might not have been aware of when programming in Java. I used FindBugs to test for some of the pitfalls described in the book in some codebases we had and did I find errors! Go get yourself a copy.

5 out of 5 stars Interesting and funny

This book presents several problems that maybe even expert Java developers never thougt about. Some of them are only curious corner cases, others present tricky behaviours of the language that every developer must be aware of to avoid unwanted behaviours. I warmly suggest this book as a complement to "Effective Java", by the same author.

5 out of 5 stars Great Book!

Completing the puzzles in this book will increase your knowledge of the Java language spec. This book was written by 2 of the world's foremost Java experts.

5 out of 5 stars Was so much Fun

This book was so much fun to read but more importantly it surprised me a couple of times ... which is what i expected when i got it ...

Cutting it short, if you are looking for some puzzlers ( some real ones ) get this book, at least you'll have some fun ...

Regards
Vyas, Anirudh

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