The Well-Grounded

Java Developer

covers Java 7

The long awaited release of Java 7 is coinciding with a revolution in the tools and the technical culture of projects that are using Java technologies.

One of the biggest shifts is the trend towards non-Java languages on the JVM. This is a movement which began several years ago, but is gathering momentum – and has led to a great cross-fertilisation between Java and other JVM languages.

The state of Java 7

Java 7 on Pure Danger Tech Alex Miller’s blog
Java 7 Features
Java 7 Milestones As of this date, this page has not been updated in accordance to Oracle’s new plan for Java 7
JSR-203 NIO.2 (New I/O 2 for Java)
Mark Reinhold’s blog (Chief Java Architect for Oracle)
Open JDK (Where Java 7 is being developed)

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In the book, we’ll cover the new features of Java 7 (NIO.2, Project Coin, InvokeDynamic, New Concurrency, G1 Garbage Collector).

We’ll also study three non-Java languages (Groovy, Clojure and Scala) – and most importantly, we’ll explain what they mean to you as a working developer.

In addition, we’ll place a special emphasis on two areas – performance tuning and concurrency. These have a new spin on them in Java 7 (and for concurrency, we'll also explain how the non-Java languages do things differently).

Last but not least we tie in the new and exciting material as well as showcasing some important software craftsmanship techniques by taking you through an example (imaginary) project

About the authors

Ben Evans

Ben has been a professional developer and Open Source enthusiast since the late 90s. He has delivered world-class projects for banks, media companies and charities in that time, and currently works as an architect, lead developer and in-house Java expert at one of the world’s leading financial institutions.

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Martijn Verburg

Martijn Verburg is a Java/JEE and open source consultant who is passionate about software craftsmanship and the creative power of technical communities. He currently is the co-leader for the London JUG, runs two open source projects (PCGen and Ikasan EIP) and is a bartender at the Javaranch.

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As well as Ben and Martijn, a small team of others have made this project possible. Click here to see everyone involved.

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