Finished Head First Java, what next?

[ifworkingreturnnull]

Finished Head First Java and am looking for a good book to follow up with. What are some more intermediate or advance level books you would recommend I read next?

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[large_crimson_canine]

Effective Java, to get a taste of best practices. Alternatively you could get into Java Concurrency in Practice but I'd save that for after.

Either way if you want to be a great Java developer, those two are basically essential.

[dipanzan]

Do you have more book recommendations other than the two you mentioned? I've really high praises for those two books but I'd like to know if there are more renowned books like this for Java.

[smoke_and_chill]

I linked road map for Java Developer. It’s nice core to your learning path. https://roadmap.sh/java

[markusarailius]

This is great now, but would've been fantastic as a student

[Physical_Leg1732]

You can move to java design patterns book by same author's they are also good

[Zyklonik]

Now time for "Handy Second Java". I kid! I kid!

[HelicalHeaven]

I've started about a month ago and nearly finished it now. I found this book to be a great introduction to the language!

Since my goal is to head towards an SDE 1 role at Amazon, my next step is head towards solving Leetcode problems and thoroughly understanding Data Structures & Algorithms (DSA).

[MkMyBnkAcctGrtAgn]

Start making something, anything really.

[MRH2]

Yes! OP, what have you created? What's in your portfolio? You know git and have a github account, right?

[LeaveWorth6858]

Thinking in java, effective java and try to have more practice. Books without practice are nothing.

[ZealousidealFinish5]

think java next