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Effective Java : Programmin...
Effective Java : Programming Language Guide
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Joshua Bloch

4.51 avg rating — 8,064 ratings
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UML Distilled: A Brief Guid...
UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language
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Martin Fowler

3.80 avg rating — 1,516 ratings
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Design Patterns: Elements o...
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
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Erich Gamma

4.20 avg rating — 11,942 ratings
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Thinking in Java
Thinking in Java
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Bruce Eckel

4.15 avg rating — 2,212 ratings
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Java: The Complete Reference
Java: The Complete Reference
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Herbert Schildt

4.24 avg rating — 655 ratings
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Clean Architecture
Clean Architecture
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Robert C. Martin

4.22 avg rating — 7,039 ratings
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Clean Code: A Handbook of A...
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
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Robert C. Martin

4.36 avg rating — 23,380 ratings
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The Clean Coder: A Code of ...
The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers
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Robert C. Martin

4.26 avg rating — 9,242 ratings
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Building Microservices: Des...
Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems
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Sam Newman

4.22 avg rating — 5,191 ratings
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Java Performance: The Defin...
Java Performance: The Definitive Guide: Getting the Most Out of Your Code
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Scott Oaks

4.39 avg rating — 316 ratings
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Java Performance Companion
Java Performance Companion
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Charlie Hunt

3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Head First Design Patterns
Head First Design Patterns
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Eric Freeman

4.30 avg rating — 9,009 ratings
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Patterns of Enterprise Appl...
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
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Martin Fowler

4.12 avg rating — 3,886 ratings
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Release It!: Design and Dep...
Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software
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Michael T. Nygard

4.25 avg rating — 3,252 ratings
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