Effective Java Review Series&#39; Articles

4 min read

Kyle Carter

Sep 24 '19

Effective Java Tuesday! The Builder Pattern!

#java #effective #design #architecture

24

4 min read

Kyle Carter

Oct 1 '19

Effective Java Tuesday! Singletons!

#java #effective #design #architecture

17

15

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Oct 9 '19

Effective Java Tuesday! Utility Classes!

#java #effective #design #architecture

12

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Oct 16 '19

Effective Java Tuesday! Prefer Dependency Injection!

#java #effective #design #architecture

16

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Oct 22 '19

Effective Java Tuesday! Avoid Creating Unnecessary Objects!

#java #effective #design #architecture

15

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Oct 30 '19

Effective Java Tuesday! Don't Leak Object References!

#java #effective #design #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Nov 5 '19

Effective Java Tuesday! Avoid Finalizers and Cleaners!

#java #effective #design #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Nov 12 '19

Effective Java Tuesday! Prefer try-with-resources

#java #effective #design #architecture

11

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Jan 21 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Obey the `equals` contract

#java #effective #equals #architecture

21

7 min read

Kyle Carter

Jan 28 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Obey the `hashCode` contract

#java #effective #hashcode #architecture

15

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Feb 4 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Override `toString`

#java #effective #string #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Feb 18 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Override `clone` judiciously

#java #effective #clone #architecture

10

5 min read

Kyle Carter

Feb 25 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Consider Implementing `Comparable`

#java #effective #comparable #architecture

10

4 min read

Kyle Carter

Mar 3 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Minimize the Accessibility of Classes and Member

#java #effective #encapsulation #architecture

5 min read

Kyle Carter

Mar 10 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! In Public Classes, Use Accessors, Not Public Fields

#java #effective #encapsulation #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Mar 20 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Minimize Mutability

#java #effective #immutability #architecture

11

5 min read

Kyle Carter

Mar 25 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Favor Composition Over Inheritance

#java #effective #inheritance #architecture

4 min read

Kyle Carter

Apr 3 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Design and Document Classes for Inheritance or Else Prohibit It.

#java #effective #inheritance #architecture

4 min read

Kyle Carter

Apr 11 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Prefer Interfaces to Abstract Classes

#java #effective #inheritance #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Apr 15 '20

Effective Java! Design Interfaces for Posterity

#java #effective #interfaces #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Apr 29 '20

Effective Java! Use Interfaces Only to Define Types

#java #effective #interfaces #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

May 6 '20

Effective Java! Prefer Class Hierarchies to Tagged Classes

#java #effective #interfaces #architecture

12

3 min read

Kyle Carter

May 13 '20

Effective Java! Favor Static Members Classes over Non-Static

#java #effective #interfaces #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

May 20 '20

Effective Java! Limit Source Files to a Single Top-Level Class

#java #effective #oop #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

May 27 '20

Effective Java! Don't Use Raw Types

#java #effective #generics #architecture

14

4 min read

Kyle Carter

Jun 2 '20

Effective Java! Eliminate Unchecked Warnings

#java #effective #generics #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Jun 9 '20

Effective Java! Prefer Lists to Array

#java #effective #list #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Jun 16 '20

Effective Java! Favor Generic Types

#java #effective #list #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Jun 24 '20

Effective Java! Favor Generic Methods

#java #effective #generic #architecture

30

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Jun 30 '20

Effective Java! Use Bounded Wildcards to Increase API Flexibility

#java #effective #generic #architecture

12

7 min read

Kyle Carter

Jul 7 '20

Effective Java! Combine Generics and Varargs Judiciously

#java #effective #generic #architecture

6 min read

Kyle Carter

Jul 15 '20

Effective Java! Consider Typesafe Heterogenous Containers

#java #effective #generic #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Jul 22 '20

Effective Java! Use Enums Instead of int Constants

#java #effective #generic #architecture

10

8 min read

Kyle Carter

Jul 28 '20

Effective Java! Use Instance Fields Instead of Ordinals

#java #effective #enum #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Aug 4 '20

Effective Java! Use EnumSet Instead of Bit Fields

#java #effective #enum #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Aug 11 '20

Effective Java! Use EnumMap instead of Ordinal Indexing

#java #effective #enum #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Aug 18 '20

Effective Java! Emulate Extensible Enums With Interfaces.

#java #effective #enum #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Aug 26 '20

Effective Java! Prefer Annotations to Naming Patterns

#java #effective #annotation #architecture

6 min read

Kyle Carter

Sep 1 '20

Effective Java! Consistently Use the Override Annotation

#java #effective #annotation #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Sep 9 '20

Effective Java! Use Marker Interfaces to Define Types

#java #effective #annotation #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Sep 15 '20

Effective Java! Prefer Lambdas to Anonymous Classes

#java #effective #annotation #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Sep 22 '20

Effective Java! Prefer Method References to Lambdas

#java #effective #lambda #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Sep 30 '20

Effective Java! Favor the Use of Standard Functional Interfaces

#java #effective #lambda #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Oct 6 '20

Effective Java! Use Stream Judiciously

#java #effective #streams #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Oct 13 '20

Effective Java! Prefer Side-Effect-Free Functions in Streams

#java #effective #streams #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Oct 20 '20

Effective Java! Prefer Collection To Stream as a Return Type

#java #effective #streams #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Oct 27 '20

Effective Java! Use Caution When Making Streams Parallel

#java #effective #streams #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Nov 3 '20

Effective Java! Check Parameters for Validity

#java #effective #method #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Nov 11 '20

Effective Java! Make Defensive Copies When Necessary

#java #effective #immutable #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Nov 17 '20

Effective Java! Design Method Signatures Carefully

#java #effective #method #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Nov 24 '20

Effective Java! Use Overloading Judiciously

#java #effective #overload #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Dec 4 '20

Effective Java! Use Varargs Judiciously

#java #effective #varargs #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Dec 13 '20

Effective Java! Return Empty Collections or Arrays, Not Nulls

#java #effective #null #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Dec 24 '20

Effective Java! Return Optionals Judiciously

#java #effective #optional #architecture

13

4 min read

Kyle Carter

Jan 19 '21

Effective Java: Write Doc Comments For All Exposed APIs

#java #effective #documentation #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Feb 11 '21

Effective Java: Minimize The Scope of Local Variables

#java #effective #scope #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Feb 25 '21

Effective Java: Prefer for-each loops to traditional for loops

#java #effective #foreach #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Mar 10 '21

Effective Java: Know and Use the Libraries

#java #effective #libraries #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Mar 23 '21

Effective Java: Avoid Float and Double If Exact Answers Are Required

#java #effective #float #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Apr 16 '21

Effective Java: Prefer Primitive Types to Boxed Types

#java #effective #boxed #architecture

3 min read

Cover image for Effective Java: Avoid Strings When Other Types Are More Appropriate

Kyle Carter

Apr 27 '21

Effective Java: Avoid Strings When Other Types Are More Appropriate

#java #effective #string #architecture

1 min read

Cover image for Effective Java: Beware the Performance of String Concatenation

Kyle Carter

May 19 '21

Effective Java: Beware the Performance of String Concatenation

#java #effective #string #architecture

1 min read

Kyle Carter

Jun 3 '21

Effective Java: Refer to Objects By Their Interfaces

#java #effective #interface #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Jun 17 '21

Effective Java: Prefer Interfaces To Reflection

#java #effective #interface #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Jun 25 '21

Effective Java: Use Native Methods Judiciously

#java #effective #native #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Jul 1 '21

Effective Java: Optimize Judiciously

#java #effective #optimization #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Jul 18 '21

Effective Java: Adhere to Generally Accepted Naming Conventions

#java #effective #convention #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Jul 27 '21

Effective Java: Use Exceptions for Only Exceptional Circumstances

#java #effective #exceptions #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Aug 11 '21

Effective Java: Use Checked Exceptions for Recoverable Conditions

#java #effective #exceptions #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Aug 17 '21

Effective Java: Avoid Unnecessary Use of Checked Exceptions

#java #effective #exceptions #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Aug 23 '21

Effective Java: Favor The Use of Standard Exceptions

#java #effective #exceptions #architecture

4 min read

Kyle Carter

Sep 9 '21

Effective Java: Throw Exceptions Appropriate To The Abstraction

#java #effective #exceptions #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Sep 9 '21

Effective Java: Document All Exceptions Thrown By Each Method

#java #effective #exceptions #architecture

1 min read

Kyle Carter

Sep 29 '21

Effective Java: Include Failure-Capture Information in Detail Messages

#java #effective #exceptions #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Oct 10 '21

Effective Java: Strive for Failure Atomicity

#java #effective #exceptions #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Oct 27 '21

Effective Java: Don't Ignore Exceptions

#java #effective #exceptions #architecture

2 min read

Kyle Carter

Nov 3 '21

Effective Java: Synchronize Access to Shared Mutable Data

#java #effective #synchronization #architecture

4 min read

Kyle Carter

Nov 7 '21

Effective Java: Avoid Excessive Synchronization

#java #effective #concurrency #architecture

5 min read

Kyle Carter

Nov 13 '21

Effective Java: Prefer Executors, Tasks, and Streams to Threads

#java #effective #concurrency #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Nov 19 '21

Effective Java: Prefer Concurrency Utilities Over wait and notify

#java #effective #concurrency #architecture

5 min read

Kyle Carter

Dec 2 '21

Effective Java: Document Thread Safety

#java #effective #concurrency #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Dec 8 '21

Effective Java: Use Lazy Initialization Judiciously

#java #effective #concurrency #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Dec 16 '21

Effective Java: Don't Depend on the Thread Scheduler

#java #effective #concurrency #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Jan 4 '22

Effective Java: Prefer Alternatives To Java Serialization

#java #effective #serialization #architecture

4 min read

Kyle Carter

Jan 18 '22

Effective Java: Implement Serializable With Great Caution

#java #effective #serializable #architecture

5 min read

Kyle Carter

Jan 21 '22

Effective Java: Consider Using a Custom Serialized Form

#java #effective #serializable #serialization

6 min read

Kyle Carter

Feb 1 '22

Effective Java: Write readObject Methods Defensively

#java #effective #serializable #serialization

4 min read

Kyle Carter

Feb 16 '22

Effective Java: For Instance Control, Prefer Enum types to readResolve

#java #effective #serializable #serialization

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Feb 21 '22

Effective Java: Consider Serialization Proxies Instead of Serialized Instances

#java #effective #serializable #serialization