Documentation
On-line documentation from the Java web site
The entry for the documentation on
the version 8
JDK 8
Documentation
The tutorials on the Java language
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/
Books
A very interesting book about the best use of Java (and
object programming) :
Joshua Bloch
Effective
Java, Programming Language Guide
Addison-Wesely, 2001
A good book to learn generics and
collections in Java
Maurice Naftalin et
Philip Wadler
Java Generics
and Collections
O'Reilly 2006
A good book to learn UML
Michael R Blaha, James R
Rumbaugh
Object-Oriented Modeling and Design with UML (2nd Edition)
Prentice Hall, 2nd edition, 2004
The main reference on design
patterns :
Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides
Design
Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Addison-Wesley Professional, 1st edition, 1995
Steven John Metsker, William C. Wake
Design
Patterns in Java(TM)
Addison-Wesley Professional, 2nd edition, 2006
For those who are interested in
concurrent programming
Doug Lea
Concurrent
Programming in Java, Design Principles and Patterns, 2nd edition
Addison-Wesley 1999
New features in Java 8
Raoul-Gabriel Urma, Mario Fusco, Alan Mycroft
Java 8 in action
Manning, 2015
For those who don't know Java
Sharon Zakhour, Scott Hommel, Jacob Royal, Isaac Rabinovitch,
Tom Risser, Mark Hoeber
The Java
Tutorial: A Short Course on the Basics
Prentice Hall PTR, 4th edition, 2006