Improving Java development skills

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How to improve java knowledge?

Hi everyone!

I just recently graduated college with a B.S. in Computer Science with a focus on software development, particularity in Java. After graduation I got hired as a Java developer for a company in my area (been there for about a little over a month now). I also starting picking up Android development late in my college career since it closely resembles Java syntax and was easy to jump into.

My question is, what would be some good Java / Android projects to do and books to read for recent post-graduates in the software development field focusing on Java?

Here are some steps I took to further my skills:

• Joined Stackoverflow and SuperUser
• Started to read books recommended by Stackoverflow community: Code Complete 2, The Pragmatic Programmer

Thanks for any future ideas and help!

Answer 1

My path to Java enlightenment included reading:-

• Clean Code
• Effective Java
• Test Driven Development By Example

Answer 2

There are some good websites other than this one with many good articles.
http://java.sun.com/
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ under the Java tab on left.
http://onjava.com/
http://www.javaworld.com/

Here is a link to a bunch more: http://www.javalobby.org/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=16001&tstart=0

Answer 3

well i'm no expert but this book will help you out in understanding design patterns classes, delegates and stuff and how to give structure to your code

plus it tells in quite a humorous way :)

hope this helps :)

Recent grad myself :P