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Kyle Carter

Jun 17

Effective Java: Prefer Interfaces To Reflection

#java #effective #interface #architecture

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Effective Java: Beware the Performance of String Concatenation

Yeah, you are exactly right. This is a great further optimiza...

May 19

Effective Java: Write Doc Comments For All Exposed APIs

No, I have slowed down a little but there is still more than ...

Jan 26

Effective Java! Design Method Signatures Carefully

Ugh. Thanks for pointing it out, it's fixed now. 👍

Nov 25 '20

Effective Java! Check Parameters for Validity

Yeah Lombok is a great way to generate the nonnull checks. I ...

Nov 12 '20

Effective Java! Use Marker Interfaces to Define Types

Sure. For example if my method takes a Set. Set adds nothing ...

Sep 14 '20

Effective Java! Use Marker Interfaces to Define Types

I definitely agree that interfaces most often are used to def...

Sep 13 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Let's Consider Static Factory Methods

Thank you so much!

Aug 11 '20

Effective Java! Use EnumSet Instead of Bit Fields

Sorry about that, that was a copy and paste error. Should be ...

Aug 7 '20

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Kyle Carter

Jun 3

Effective Java: Refer to Objects By Their Interfaces

#java #effective #interface #architecture

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Kyle Carter

May 19

Effective Java: Beware the Performance of String Concatenation

#java #effective #string #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Apr 27

Effective Java: Avoid Strings When Other Types Are More Appropriate

#java #effective #string #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Apr 24

How I Built an Overengineered Serverless Uptime Checker

#serverless #ocr #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Apr 16

Effective Java: Prefer Primitive Types to Boxed Types

#java #effective #boxed #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Mar 23

Effective Java: Avoid Float and Double If Exact Answers Are Required

#java #effective #float #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Mar 10

Effective Java: Know and Use the Libraries

#java #effective #libraries #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Feb 25

Effective Java: Prefer for-each loops to traditional for loops

#java #effective #foreach #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Feb 11

Effective Java: Minimize The Scope of Local Variables

#java #effective #scope #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Jan 19

Effective Java: Write Doc Comments For All Exposed APIs

#java #effective #documentation #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Dec 24 '20

Effective Java! Return Optionals Judiciously

#java #effective #optional #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Dec 13 '20

Effective Java! Return Empty Collections or Arrays, Not Nulls

#java #effective #null #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Dec 4 '20

Effective Java! Use Varargs Judiously

#java #effective #varargs #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Nov 24 '20

Effective Java! Use Overloading Judiciously

#java #effective #overload #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Nov 17 '20

Effective Java! Design Method Signatures Carefully

#java #effective #method #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Nov 11 '20

Effective Java! Make Defensive Copies When Necessary

#java #effective #immutable #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Nov 3 '20

Effective Java! Check Parameters for Validity

#java #effective #method #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Oct 27 '20

Effective Java! Use Caution When Making Streams Parallel

#java #effective #streams #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Oct 20 '20

Effective Java! Prefer Collection To Stream as a Return Type

#java #effective #streams #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Oct 13 '20

Effective Java! Prefer Side-Effect-Free Functions in Streams

#java #effective #streams #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Oct 6 '20

Effective Java! Use Stream Judiciously

#java #effective #streams #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Sep 30 '20

Effective Java! Favor the Use of Standard Functional Interfaces

#java #effective #lambda #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Sep 22 '20

Effective Java! Prefer Method References to Lambdas

#java #effective #lambda #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Sep 15 '20

Effective Java! Perfer Lambdas to Anonymous Classes

#java #effective #annotation #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Sep 9 '20

Effective Java! Use Marker Interfaces to Define Types

#java #effective #annotation #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Sep 1 '20

Effective Java! Consistently Use the Override Annotation

#java #effective #annotation #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Aug 26 '20

Effective Java! Prefer Annotations to Naming Patterns

#java #effective #annotation #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Aug 18 '20

Effective Java! Emulate Extensible Enums With Interfaces.

#java #effective #enum #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Aug 11 '20

Effective Java! Use EnumMap instead of Ordinal Indexing

#java #effective #enum #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Aug 4 '20

Effective Java! Use EnumSet Instead of Bit Fields

#java #effective #enum #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Jul 28 '20

Effective Java! Use Instance Fields Instead of Ordinals

#java #effective #enum #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Jul 22 '20

Effective Java! Use Enums Instead of int Constants

#java #effective #generic #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Jul 15 '20

Effective Java! Consider Typesafe Hetergenous Containers

#java #effective #generic #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Jul 7 '20

Effective Java! Combine Generics and Varargs Judiciously

#java #effective #generic #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Jun 30 '20

Effective Java! Use Bounded Wildcards to Increase API Flexibility

#java #effective #generic #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Jun 24 '20

Effective Java! Favor Generic Methods

#java #effective #generic #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Jun 16 '20

Effective Java! Favor Generic Types

#java #effective #list #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Jun 9 '20

Effective Java! Prefer Lists to Array

#java #effective #list #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Jun 8 '20

Things I Learned/Relearned Recently

#socialissues #equality #blm

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Kyle Carter

Jun 2 '20

Effective Java! Elminate Unchecked Warnings

#java #effective #generics #architecture

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Kyle Carter

May 27 '20

Effective Java! Don't Use Raw Types

#java #effective #generics #architecture

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Kyle Carter

May 20 '20

Effective Java! Limit Source Files to a Single Top-Level Class

#java #effective #oop #architecture

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Kyle Carter

May 13 '20

Effective Java! Favor Static Members Classes over Non-Static

#java #effective #interfaces #architecture

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Kyle Carter

May 6 '20

Effective Java! Prefer Class Hierarchies to Tagged Classes

#java #effective #interfaces #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Apr 29 '20

Effective Java! Use Interfaces Only to Define Types

#java #effective #interfaces #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Apr 15 '20

Effective Java! Design Interfaces for Posterity

#java #effective #interfaces #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Apr 11 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Prefer Interfaces to Abstract Classes

#java #effective #inheritance #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Apr 3 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Design and Document Classes for Inheritance or Else Prohibit It.

#java #effective #inheritance #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Mar 25 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Favor Composition Over Inheritance

#java #effective #inheritance #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Mar 20 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Minimize Mutability

#java #effective #immutability #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Mar 10 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! In Public Classes, Use Accessors, Not Public Fields

#java #effective #encapsulation #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Mar 3 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Minimize the Accessibility of Classes and Member

#java #effective #encapsulation #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Feb 25 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Consider Implementing `Comparable`

#java #effective #comparable #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Feb 18 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Override `clone` judiciously

#java #effective #clone #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Feb 4 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Override `toString`

#java #effective #string #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Jan 28 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Obey the `hashCode` contract

#java #effective #hashcode #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Jan 21 '20

Effective Java Tuesday! Obey the `equals` contract

#java #effective #equals #architecture

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Kyle Carter

Nov 12 '19

Effective Java Tuesday! Prefer try-with-resources

#java #effective #design #architecture

3 min read

Kyle Carter

Nov 5 '19

Effective Java Tuesday! Avoid Finalizers and Cleaners!

#java #effective #design #architecture

3 min read

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