10-Steps-to-High-Quality-Java-Developer

You Key to Becoming a High Quality Java Developer

Basic Design

  • 4 Principles of Simple Design
  • Run your tests
  • Minimize Duplication
  • Declare Intent
  • Make it small
  • Basic OOPS Principles
  • SOLID Principles
  • Design Patterns
  • Basic Understanding

Attitude

  • Learn every day
    • Regularly read good blogs (Atwood, Martin Fowler, etc.), Keep up-to-date with technology news, Follow stuff about interesting new technology. These steps will let me decide if I find anything interesting to further explore.
    • Working with people far smarter than myself
    • Learning other frameworks/languages, and seeing how they do things, and compare that to stuff that I already know
    • Pair programming with the Best
    • Read code written by different people.
  • Boy Scout Rule
  • Question everything

Master IDE

Automation Testing

  • Unit Testing
  • Integration Testing

Continous Verification

  • Continuous Integration
  • Continuous Delivery
  • Jenkins

TDD

Code Quality Tools

  • Sonar
  • Code Coverage
  • Code Review Best Practices

Build Tool

  • Maven
  • Gradle

Architecture

  • Frameworks
  • Tools
  • Evolution

Basics

  • Your Language - Java
  • Deployment Environment
  • Domain
  • Debugging Skills

Resources

  • 4 Principles of Simple Design
  • SOLID Principles
  • Design Patterns
  • Eclipse
  • JUnit
  • Continuous Integration
  • Continuous Delivery
  • Code Review Best Practices
  • Maven