This was a solid book to gaining an understanding of Javaconcurrency, especially the new concurrency features introduced in Java 1.5
Agree With Previous Viewer--Paper Quality Horrible!
Though the book is admittedly good and valuable in content, the paper quality of the pages is absolutely horrible! One can see through to the next page, and using a highlighter for emphasis is next to impossible. I will never buy this book as long as the paper quality is so poor (as my colleagues have also mentioned).
awesome book on concurrency
An awesome book on concurrency that all Java programmers ought to read before embarking on anything more complicated than the primordial Hello World application.
This is "the" authoritative book on javaconcurrency. However, apart from some java specific items, the book is an excellent source on parallelism in general. Do not even try to implement parallelism without "reading and understanding" this book. Highly recommended !!!
Title should be: Java Thread Bible
After reading this book you will probably thank God that you haven't been using threads, but with that being said this book contains all the information you need to start writing code that walks the straight and narrow path.
Threads are a fundamental part of the Java platform. As multicore processors become the norm, using concurrency effectively becomes essential for building high-performance applications. Java SE 5 and 6 are a huge step forward for the development of concurrent applications, with improvements to the Java Virtual Machine to support high-performance, highly scalable concurrent classes and a rich set of new concurrency building blocks. In Java Concurrency in Practice, the creators of these new facilities explain not only how they work and how to use them, but also the motivation and design patterns behind them. However, developing, testing, and debugging multithreaded programs can still be very difficult; it is all too easy to create concurrent programs that appear to work, but fail when it matters most: in production, under heavy load. Java Concurrency in Practice arms readers with both the theoretical underpinnings and concrete techniques for building reliable, scalable, maintainable concurrent applications. Rather than simply offering an inventory of concurrency APIs and mechanisms, it provides design rules, patterns, and mental models that make it easier to build concurrent programs that are both correct and performant. This book covers: Basic concepts of concurrency and thread safety Techniques for building and composing thread-safe classes Using the concurrency building blocks in java.util.concurrent Performance optimization dos and don'ts Testing concurrent programs Advanced topics such as atomic variables, nonblocking algorithms, and the Java Memory Model
based on 47 reviews
