5 Software Development and Project Management Books - Best of Lot, Must Read

Some of you might ask, Why software project manager should read books? Isn't they are experienced enough to become a project manager and handle software development? A genuine question but Software management is harder than any other management purely because every software is different than the previous one. Many other streams of engineering e.g. Civil or Mechanical got better in terms of estimation and management with the help of software but software development is still run on experience.

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Why use Spaces over Tabs for Indentation in Code Editors - Eclipse

When I started coding in Eclipse, I was not aware that by default Eclipse uses tabs for indentation and tabs can have varied with e.g. 1 tab can be equal to 2 spaces or 4 spaces or even 8 spaces. Sometimes, It's all up to you how you configure tabs in your code editor and other times just the mercy of the tool you don't know how to configure e.g. VI in UNIX. I only realize the problem when I found too many difference in a file while check-in into SVN. Apparently, other people was using different indentation (spaces) and that's why the file was showing so many differences when I reformatted them in Eclipse. This happens to many programmers, some pay attention, some didn't and go ahead with the check-in the code, only to revert it back later. There is no clear guideline upon which one is better and whether a programmer should use tabs or spaces, even the Clean Code doesn't  help here.

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Top 5 Books for Programming/Coding Interviews - Best of lot

If you are preparing for Programming Job interviews and looking for some of the best books for programming questions then you have come to the right place. In this article, I am going to share a couple of good books to prepare coding, software design, and data structure algorithm questions, which are essential for any coding interviews. Though a programming interview also explores other areas of software development e.g. the programming language you would be mainly using in your project e.g. C++ or Java. The database and SQL based questions, the operating systems and UNIX related questions, some of the software design and object oriented design pattern questions and much more, but coding based questions forms the core of programming interviews.

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Java Mistake 3 - Using "==" instead of equals() to compare Objects in Java

In this part of Java programming mistakes, we will take a look at another common pattern, where programmers tend to use "==" operator to compare Objects, similar to comparing primitives. Since equality of object can be very different in the physical and logical sense, and in the case of domain objects it's mostly driven by business rules, comparing objects with "==" operator, introduces subtle bugs, which are hard to find. The difference between equals() and == operator,  one of the Java classics is also asked to find out if the developer is familiar with this important concept or not. Using == operator only make sense when comparing primitives like int, or final constants like Enum. Though there is more involved in comparing two Enum, which you learn by following that link.

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Top 10 Google Interview Questions for Software Engineer - Books, Resources

These Google interview questions are some of my favorites collected from different sources. Every Programmer knows that Google is one of the best technology company and its dream for many software developers to work for google, but at same time interview process at google is very tough and only a few genuine intelligent programmers get through their interview process. Google interview questions have always been a good topic of discussion when few young software developer gathered around, I can still remember when one of my friends got a call from google for an interview then how the whole bunch was got excited. We have searched a lot on the internet on google interview questions and answers for him and us and then make a note of some of the best questions for preparation. I am listing down some google interview questions from that list. 

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Difference between Stack and Heap memory in Java

The difference between stack and heap memory is common programming question asked by beginners learning Java or any other programming language. Stack and heap memory are two terms programmers starts hearing once they started programming but without any clear and definite explanation. Lack of knowledge of what is a heap in Java and what is stack memory in Java results in misconceptions related to stack and heap. To add to this confusion, a stack is also a data structure which is used to store elements in LIFO(Last In First out) order and available in Java API as java.util.Stack. In general, both stack and heap are part of memory, a program is allocated and used for different purposes. Java program runs on JVM which is launched as a process by "java" command. Java also uses both stack and heap memory for different needs. In our last article 10 points on Java heap space, I have touched base on Java heap space and in this article we will see the difference between stack and heap memory in Java.

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Introduction of How Android Works for Java Programmers

Android development is a current buzz in Java programming world. It's the Android, which keeps Java in the forefront of the last couple of years. Now, How important is to understand or learn Android for Java programmers? Well, it depends on, if you like application development and want to reach a mass, Android offers that opportunity to you. Millions of Android phones are available and they are keep increasing, with pace, much higher than iPhone or iOS. What all these means is, it does make a lot of sense to learn Android programming for Java programmer, and this article is about that, but this is also a one of the good reason to learn Java programming. This tutorial will give you a basic idea of How Android works? not detailed but a good overview.

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Top 5 Hibernate Books for Java Developers - Best, Must read

Hibernate is one of the most popular, open source ORM (Object Relational Mapping) framework, which has now become a standard for developing persistence layer on Java enterprise application, along with JPA (Java Persistence API). I often receive  requests to suggest which book is best to learn to hibernate or recommendation about some good books on Spring and Hibernate. This motivates me to write this article about some of the best book on Hibernate, available in the market. Earlier I have shared some of the must-read books on Spring framework for Java developer, which is quite helpful for picking a book on Spring. Similar to Spring framework, experience in Hibernate is most sought after thing in Java JEE development roles.

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5 Resolutions for Java Programmers - 2016

First of all wish you very happy new year guys. It's that time of year when we start afresh, make plans, set goals and make resolutions for the new year. Being a Java developer and author of a Java blog, I frequently receive a request from Java programmers from all over the world about how they can improve themselves? How they can become a better Java developer etc. In the past, I have shared my 10 tips to become a better programmer and every tip on that article still holds true, but given it's a new year. I have decided to jot down 5 new resolutions for Java programmers to improve themselves, enhance their knowledge on Java Programming and increase their value for future career growth. So without wasting anymore time, let's see what are 5 resolutions for Java Programmers in the new year, 2016.

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