Java SE 8 for the Really Impatient (Paperback)

Java SE 8 for the Really Impatient

• Java SE 8 for the Really Impatient, internationally renowned Java author Cay S. Horstmann concisely introduces Java 8’s most valuable new features (plus a few Java 7 innovations that haven’t gotten the attention they deserve).
• Coverage of using lambda expressions (closures) to write computation “snippets” that can be passed to utility functions
• The brand-new streams API that makes Java collections far more flexible and efficient
• Major updates to concurrent programming that make use of lambda expressions (filter/map/reduce) and that provide dramatic performance improvements for shared counters and hash tables
• A full chapter with advice on how you can put lambda expressions to work in your own programs
• Coverage of the long-awaited introduction of a well-designed date/time/calendar library (JSR 310) • A concise introduction to JavaFX, which is positioned to replace Swing Guls, and to the Nashorn Javascript engine