Design Patterns VS Modern Java - A Guide to Java 8

Java Design Patterns GitHub Repo

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2. Java Design Patterns This repository showcases a collection of design patterns implemented in Java, making it a useful resource for learning how to apply design patterns in your projects. https://github.com/iluwatar/java-design-patterns

After that, more practice, and then Design Patterns (as in the famous book of the "Gang of Four": "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object Oriented Software"). Here I'd recommend "Head First: Design Patterns" and Java Design Patterns as well as Refactoring Guru (the sites are more reference than course).

For Design Patterns - any resource recommendation that misses Java Design Patterns and Refactoring Guru (also for Refactoring) as well as *Head First: Design Patterns, has failed.

A massive list of design patterns and how they could be implemented (in Java) can be found here.

https://java-design-patterns.com/ has example code for things like object pools that can help with memory management.

Sidenote: I would not really use the GoF Design Patterns book anymore. Too dry. I would use "Head First: Design Patterns" - much more modern, much easier to read, or Refactoring Guru or Java Design Patterns (uses Java, but again, only for illustrations).

**5. Modern Java - A Guide to Java 8 ** This tutorial covers all the new features of Java 8 with simple code samples, making it a helpful resource for learning and using Java 8. https://github.com/winterbe/java8-tutorial

Here are some resources I've found helpful and have read or are on my backlog to catch up with these developments:

- https://github.com/wesleyegberto/java-new-features (terse, includes links to JEPs, good jumping off point)

- https://github.com/winterbe/java8-tutorial (quick tour through features of Java 8)

- https://winterbe.com/posts/2018/09/24/java-11-tutorial/ (same for Java 11)

Books:

- Java 8 in Action / Modern Java in Action (Raoul-Gabriel Urma, Alan Mycroft, Mario Fusco; 2014 and 2018 respectively)

- The Well-Grounded Java Developer (Martijn Verburg, Benjamin Evans, Jason Clark; 2022) - not specifically focused on new features but does cover them in the context of going deeper into Java and the JVM.

Otherwise, learning Maven has been really important. As for learning the language, I liked Winterbe's guides. Here's one. https://github.com/winterbe/java8-tutorial