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The Books Most Useful for a Java Developer
There's a lot of consensus in the Java world about which books rise to the top of the Must Read list. At the risk of pointing out the obvious, here's a score of the books I've consulted, considered, or revisited … Continue reading
Dustin reviews some Groovy books
Dustin Marx reviews a trio of complementary books on Groovy. Here's the gist. Let's say that a book on Groovy will feature some mix of (a) an introduction to the language, (b) an illustration of its practical utility in concrete … Continue reading
