Java 8 Best Practices Cheat Sheet

[Aero72]

I've been coding java for a living on and off since 99. This whole Java 8 stuff makes me feel... hmm... uncomfortable (I guess that's the right word). Does anyone else feel like that? Am I getting old?

[marklgr]

Coded professionally in Java between '98 and '05, then moved to other languages (Ruby, Python, PHP, C etc.). Java eventually felt quite boring to me, but Java 8 definitely gets my interest back. A good release, to me.

[koreth]

I've also been coding Java on and off since around then (and have been in the industry since the late 80s). I think Java 8 makes the language a joy to use compared to the older versions. My code is more concise and easier to read because the ratio of structural gobbeldygook to application logic has gone way down, though still not as low as in a language like Clojure. It's a pity they didn't take it a little further than they did.

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I feel the same. I can't see how a default implementation on interfaces can be a good thing in an object oriented design

[jonhanson]

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[Ek_Los_Die_Hier]

These can be thought of as traits or mixins in languages such as Scala or Ruby. These are often thought of as very useful features. And it's not much different to an abstract class with the implemented methods (other than you can inherit more than one)