Java Quest

What makes a Java Engineer, or more importantly a good Java Engineer?

Roadmap

Resources

Core Java

• Pluralsight Java Path

Development Principles

• Don't repeat yourself (Wikipedia)
• SOLID (Wikipedia)
• You Ain't Gonna Need It (Wikipedia)
• Keep it Simple (Stupid) (Wikipedia)

Object Oriented Design

• Scott Ambler's Agile Modelling site - specifically "Start Here" and "Best Practices", as well as specific pages on Use Case Diagrams, Class Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, State-Transition/State Machine Diagrams

Design Patterns

• Head First Design Patterns (O'Reilly) - Sections "1. Intro to Design Patterns", "4. The Factory Pattern", "5. The Singleton Pattern", "12. Compound Patterns - MVC"

Unit Testing

• JUnit 5 User Guide - sections: "Writing Tests", "Running Tests"
• Lars Vogel's "Using Hamcrest for Testing" (Blog)
• John Nash's "Stylish Unit Tests" Blog (Blog)

IDE's

• Read the Jetbrains IntelliJ Blog
• Default Keymap - Cheatsheet
• Jetbrains Video Tutorials - Online Video Series

Build Tools

• Maven Getting Started Guide - covers all topics above
• Maven the Complete Reference (O'Reilly) - covers all the topics above

Version Control

• Code Academy: Learn Git
• Learn Git Branching

Certifications

• Oracle Java Certifications

Engineer Suggestions

• Check out Uncle Bob's Clean Coder Videos