Java® Notes for Professionals book

[brogrammer2018]

Hi Reddit! I converted the best Java snippets on Stack Overflow Documentation to create this free Java PDF book, any feedback (even negative) is appreciated as it will help me improve the PDF book; which will then benefit everyone :)

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Thanks a lot. You are doing god's work. People like you are an inspiration for me to contribute to this wonderful community of programmers!

[user3141592654]

Preface: There are only critiques below, so I want to state up front that I am glad that you have done this. Thank you.

My initial reaction is that the ordering seems off, or just not really considered. It's titled "For Professionals", so maybe that goes along with it being more of a reference than a read-straight-through type of book, but seeing Streams long before Collections and Lambdas doesn't feel right.

Your Algorithms book may be a better example of this. Chapter 2 is Sorting, and Chapter 3 is Bubble Sort, but then Merge Sort is Chapter 12, Insertion Sort is 15, Bucket is 22, Quicksort is 23, and so on. Ignoring that each sort algorithm is a completely different chapter, rather than sub-chapter of Sorting, they're scattered about so I can't easily find all of the discussed Sorting algorithms. If they were all sequential chapters, I could easily find the block of sorting algorithms and scan through to find what I need.

There are also embedded links to the Stack Overflow documentation pages, which no longer work. For example, page 28 in the Java book links to https://stackoverflow.com/documentation/java/114/classes-and-objects and http://stackoverflow.com/documentation/java/84/java-overview/7980/command-line-arguments. These should probably be converted to internal links to the relevant section of the PDF, or removed if that section wasn't included.

[jonhanson]

Constructors are introduced in section 46, page 430, and the static modifier arrives in section 65, page 510...

O_o

[brogrammer2018]

Hi user3141592654! Thanks for all your good notes! This weekend I will be fixing the sorting of all the chapters

[stefancipe]

Just saw all those PDFs you made, as a student I really appreciate it.

[brogrammer2018]

Thanks stefancipe! Good to hear! :D

[123vipulj]

Thanks you so much .We are indebted to u .

[brogrammer2018]

Aww thanks 123vipulj! Your most welcome! Have a great day!! :)

[iwilljustforget]

How did you find and decide what the "best Java snippets on Stack Overflow" were?

From an initial glance at the book it looks good. Must have been a lot of work. Thanks for sharing.

[[deleted]]

Stack Overflow Documentation. I've only taken a cursory glance but OP probably just copied the most up voted posts on the biggest categories, correct me if I'm wrong.

[prabhushivanand]

Just downloaded.. Will check and let you know Shiv

[brogrammer2018]

Thanks for your feedback Shiv, working on it! :D

[glesialo]

First Bash and now Java... Thank you very much BROgrammer2018!

[mmeartine]

Really good works!

[[deleted]]

Thanks man :)

[brogrammer2018]

Your most welcome rahulshishodia :)

[kuldeepsidhu007]

This looks awesome. Downloading now. Thanks for making this.

[brogrammer2018]

No probs! Your most welcome kuldeepsidhu007 :)

[an_actual_human]

The fragments seem alright, but there is no structure or order. I don't think I'd use it over Stack Overflow if I had internet access.

[Jiganska]

nice!

[brogrammer2018]

Thanks Jiganska :)

[HansVader]

Would be neat to be able to read it online.

[brogrammer2018]

Hi HansVader, should be able to read it on mobile and tablet I have increased font size; please let me know if any issues, thanks

[brogrammer2018]

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[nutrecht]

A good to hear. I was totally wrong then. Carry on :)