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These are the subjects that I am assigned to teach(each in odd and even semesters) · This is a 2 semester course More on news.ycombinator.com

Effective Java by Joshua Bloch Java Concurrency in Practice by Brian Goetz (very valuable concurrency knowledge even if it precedes the newer concurrency changes in Java) Core Java: Fundamentals, Volume 1, 12th edition by Cay S. Horstmann (Covers features up to Java 17) The Pragmatic Programmer by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas Spring in Action by Craig Walls Refactoring by Martin Fowler, with Kent Beck A Philosophy of Software Design by John Ousterhout Design patterns by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen (More of a lifestyle kind of thing, but good for talking to colleagues and bosses) Database Design and Relational Theory by Chris Date (Because solid RDBMS knowledge is fantastic) I'd drop Clean Code completely tbh. I find a lot of the refactored examples poor examples of good code, and I don't think it provides any much value as a "take it with a grain of salt" book as many suggest these days. In my opinion it is far better to take Effective Java, Core Java, Refactoring, and Design patterns as a guide to writing better quality code. More on reddit.com

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