Top 7 Java 8 Books

Java 8 is the most significant release of Java SE in recent years. Its brand-new features and functional style of programming can change the way programmers write Java code fundamentally. Java 8 focuses on the following primarily new features:

• Lambda Expressions.
• The Streams API and parallel data processing.
• New changes to Interfaces and multiple inheritances.
• The new Date and Time API.
• The Nashorn Javascript Engine

1. Java SE 8 for the Really Impatient

Author: Cay S. Horstmann
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Published Date: January 24, 2014
Paperback: 240 pages
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Content Coverage:

• Lambdas Expressions
• The Stream API
• Programming with Lambdas
• JavaFX
• The New Date and Time API
• Concurrency Enhancements
• The Nashorn Javascript Engine
• Miscellaneous Goodies
• Java 7 Features that You May Have Missed

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2. Java 8: The Fundamentals [Kindle Edition]

Author: Dane Cameron
Publisher: Cisdal Publishing
Published Date: March 15, 2014
File Size: 2247 KB
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Content Coverage:

• Lambda Expressions
• Streams API
• Interfaces
• Java Date and Time API
• Nashorn

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3. Java 8 Lambdas: Pragmatic Functional Programming

Author: Richard Warburton
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Published Date: April 7, 2014
Paperback: 182 pages
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Content Coverage:

• Lambda Expressions
• Streams
• Libraries
• Enhanced Collections and Collectors
• Data Parallelism
• Testing, Debugging and Refactoring
• Design and Architectural Principles
• Lambda-Enabled Concurrency

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4. Java 8 Pocket Guide

Author: Robert Liguori and Patricia Liguori
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Published Date: April 28, 2014
Paperback: 242 pages
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Content Coverage:

• Part I: Language
  • Naming Conventions
  • Lexical Elements
  • Fundamental Types
  • Reference Types
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • Statements and Blocks
  • Exception Handling
  • Java Modifiers
• Part II: Platform
  • Java Platform, Standard Edition
  • Development Basics
  • Memory Management
  • Basic Input and Output
  • New I/O API (NIO.2)
  • Concurrency
  • Java Collections Framework
  • Generics Framework
  • The Java Scripting Framework API
  • Date and Time API
  • Lambda Expressions
• Part III: Appendixes
  • Fluent APIs
  • Third-Party Tools
  • UML Basics

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5. Java SE 8 for Programmers

Author: Paul Deitel and Harvey Deitel
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published Date: April 9, 2014
Paperback: 1104 pages
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Content Coverage:

• Introduction to Java and Test-driving a Java Application
• Introduction to Java Applications; Input/Output and Operators
• Introduction to Classes, Objects, Methods and Strings
• Control Statements: Part 1; Assignment, ++ and -- Operators
• Control Statements: Part 2; Logical Operators
• Methods: A Deeper Look
• Arrays and ArrayLists
• Classes and Objects: A Deeper Look
• Object-Oriented Programming: Inheritance
• Object-Oriented Programming: Polymorphism and Interfaces
• Exception Handling: A Deeper Look
• Swing GUI Components: Part 1
• Graphics and Java 2D
• Strings, Characters and Regular Expressions
• Files, Streams and Object Serialization
• Generic Collections
• Java SE 8 Lambdas and Streams
• Generic Classes and Methods
• Swing GUI Components: Part 2
• Concurrency
• Accessing Databases with JDBC
• JavaFX GUI
• ATM Case Study, Part 1: Object-Oriented Design with the UML
• ATM Case Study, Part 2: Implementing an Object-Oriented Design

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6. Java 8 New Features: A Practical Heads-Up Guide

Author: Richard Reese
Publisher: P8tech
Published Date: May 15, 2014
Paperback: 443 pages
File Size (Kindle Edition): 4522 KB
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Content Coverage:

• Chapter 1: Java 8 and Interface Enhancements
• Chapter 2: Lambda Expressions
• Chapter 3: Streams
• Chapter 4: Date and Time
• Chapter 5: Odds and Ends
• Appendix: Date and Time Classes

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7. Java 8 in Action

Author: Raoul-Gabriel Urma, Mario Fusco, and Alan Mycroft
Publisher: Manning Publications
Published Date: August 28th, 2014
Paperback: 424 pages
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Content Coverage:

• Part I: Fundamentals
  • Java 8: why should you care?
  • Passing code with behavior parameterization
  • Lambda Expressions
• Part II: Functional-Style Data Processing
  • Processing Data with Streams
  • Collecting Data with Streams
  • Parallel Data Processing and Performance
• Part III: Effective Java 8 Programming
  • Refactoring, Testing, Debugging
  • Default Methods
  • Optional: A Better Alternative to Null
  • CompletableFuture: composable asynchronous programming
  • New Date and Time API
• Part IV: Beyond Java 8
  • Thinking Functionally
  • Functional Programming Technique
  • Blending OOP and FP: comparing Java 8 and Scala
  • Conclusions and “where next” for Java

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