books by Jeff Langr (essential patterns crafting)

books by Jeff Langr

books:

Agile Java(TM): Crafting Code with Test-Driven Development (Robert C. Martin Series)

12 reviews
Jeff Langr

Prentice Hall PTR, 2005

Great whether you're learning Java or TDD
This book is primarily for new programmers who want to learn Java as their first programming language. The book can also be helpful for programmers familiar with test driven development (TDD) but new to Java, or vice versa. I am an experienced Java developer, and I found that going through Agile Java presented me with a new and better way of approaching Java code development. This book covers ...

Essential Java Style: Patterns for Implementation

20 reviews
Jeff Langr

Prentice Hall PTR, 1999

still valid years later
I wrote Essential Java Style six years ago. At that time, Java was still a new language, yet lots and lots of poorly written code already existed. Today, there is significantly more poorly written code, and unfortunately, only proportionately more well-written code. It seems like we haven't learned how to write maintainable systems in Java. I wouldn't change much of the core message in EJS ...