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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Programming Language

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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Overview of Maven functionality

The standard Java libraries that are part of the JDK is quite extensive. However, there are added libraries that supply functionality, such as connecting to a relational database, which you must download and then add to the project before running it. You can configure Maven to do this for you. No need to visit a library’s web page – download the file, place it in the proper folder, and let the Java compiler know it is available.

As with most build tools, Maven is more than just a tool for compiling programs.

In today’s development environment, code does not go from the developer right into production if it compiles successfully. There has to be unit testing of methods and integration testing of the interactions between the various modules or classes in a program. You will use specialized servers for this work, and you can configure Maven to carry this out.

Let us review what else it can do.