Documentation
On-line documentation from the Sun Microsystems Java web site
The entry for the documentation on
the version 6.0
JDK 6
Documentation
The tutorials on the Java language
These tutorials may be downloaded at the following url :
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/information/download.html
or read on-line from
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/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
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