You're reading from Transitioning to Java Kickstart your polyglot programming journey by getting a clear understanding of Java

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804614013

Length 354 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Java

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Java design patterns

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Author (1):

Ken Fogel

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:The Java Development Environment

2. Chapter 1: Understanding Java Distributions FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Code, Compile, and Execute

4. Chapter 3: The Maven Build Tool

5. Part 2:Language Fundamentals

6. Chapter 4: Language Fundamentals – Data Types and Variables

7. Chapter 5: Language Fundamentals – Classes

8. Chapter 6: Methods, Interfaces, Records, and Their Relationships

9. Chapter 7: Java Syntax and Exceptions

10. Chapter 8: Arrays, Collections, Generics, Functions, and Streams

11. Chapter 9: Using Threads in Java

12. Chapter 10: Implementing Software Design Principles and Patterns in Java

13. Chapter 11: Documentation and Logging

14. Chapter 12: BigDecimal and Unit Testing

15. Part 3:GUI and Web Coding in Java

16. Chapter 13: Desktop Graphical User Interface Coding with Swing and JavaFX

17. Chapter 14: Server-Side Coding with Jakarta

18. Chapter 15: Jakarta Faces Application

19. Part 4:Packaging Java Code

20. Chapter 16: Deploying Java in Standalone Packages and Containers

21. Index

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Integrated development environments

It is time for a little honesty – very few Java developers work with just a text editor such as vi or Notepad. Knowing how to work with a standalone text editor and compile/execute at the command line is an important skill, but when given the choice of tooling, we will always go for an IDE. The features we will look at in this section will explain why this is so.

In this section, we will briefly review four of the most widely used IDEs available. Each IDE has a unique build system, which we will discuss in Chapter 3, The Maven Build Tool, and all the IDEs support the same external build systems. This means that in a team, each member can use the IDE that they feel makes them the most productive while being able to freely move code between team members without the need to make changes for a particular IDE. Before I introduce these IDEs, let us look at the features they all share.