Effective Java 2nd Edition

Book: Effective java 2nd Edition

Core

10 commandments:

• Use static factories and builders wisely.
• Make classes immutable when possible.
• Favor composition over inheritance.
• Use Generics properly — never raw types.
• Prefer Enums over constant values.
• Validate arguments and maintain invariants.
• Minimize variable scope and visibility.
• Use exceptions only for exceptional cases.
• Leverage modern concurrency utilities.
• Write readable, safe, and self-documenting code.