Effective Java (2nd Edition) (Java Series)

Shunichi Kanade said
If you are a Java programmer and you want a guide to writing high quality code, this book is a must!

I read the 1st edition as well and this 2nd edition provided the same effective techniques on using the core libraries. The most useful section for me was the section on generics. Specifically this book clarified when to use the wildcard types, subtyping rules for generics and how to localize the use of the SuppressWarnings("unchecked") annotation appropriately in combination with generics.

Shridhar Upadhyaya said
I purchased this book last week from Amazon.com and already I am hooked to it.The style is not pedantic but thorough. Lots of tips for the everyday Java programmer from Josh (who wrote the Collections framework in Java).

Typically I skim over the chapter for Josh's tidbits of wisdom. I often leave the Mathematical rigor for later reading.

This book is NOT FOR IVORY TOWER ARCHITECTS!. Only Serious Java Developers should read/refer this book.

Carlos H. said
El libro de mayor nivel que he leído hasta la fecha, con el que se pueden aprender cosas que sólo una experiencia de décadas al más alto nivel de programación y diseño puede proporcionar.
Imprescindible.

A. Chin said
Used this book while taking a computer science course. This is flat out, the best java book period. Dont waste your time or money with anything else.

Olexiy Prokhorenko said
I actually read the 1st edition of this book and really liked. Somehow somebody took my hardcopy of this book and never returned back. So, I purchased Kindle version of 2nd edition. I did this some time ago, read on the one breath, from cover to cover and liked it again. I can only highly advise anybody who is serious about Java development to buy this book and read it. It looks that it's just some tips through the book but the tips are valuable and have amazing explanation. I would even suggest you if you know the tip, and know why, still -- read the explanation, as you may find something interesting and something you didn't know. Awesome book!