Java. The State of the Language and Its Prospects

A book about the current state of the Java language, the direction of its development, as well as about proficient programming in the spirit of GoF patterns. The book provides a basic understanding of the Spring framework, Docker containers, OOP... principles, touching in particular on the transition to cloud solutions, working with IDEs. It also covers topics from enterprise development: NIO2 file I/O, multithreading, localization, integration, and performance optimization. The book reflects the state of the language as of Java 17 with a discussion of some aspects of Java 18.It will be of interest to specialists returning to work with Java after a break, backend developers, and readers preparing for certification exams.