Java 2 Performance and Idiom Guide

Rating:
Summary: Excellent excellent excellent
Review: This is the book we all wish we had read a year or two or three ago. It is all the wisdom of an experienced Java programmer written down so that you can learn it in a hurry. If you are an experienced Java programmer, you may not agree with it all (but mostly you will), and you may have more to add, but if you give this book to your workmates who are not experienced, it will do them the world of good.

Reading this book will confirm what you already know, and probably give you a few tips as well. Given the very introductory standard of most Java books around, I rate this as one of the very few worth your time.