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Eclipse Collections Categorically: Level up Your Programming Game

Eclipse Collections Categorically: Level up Your Programming Game

In over 200 color code examples, Eclipse Collections Categorically shows how to make your Java collections code easier to write and review.

2025

Donald Raab, et al.

Donald Raab, José Paumard (Foreword by), et al.

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Peekaboo with Collections in Java

Checking for containment in direct and indirect ways.

Jul 4

Peekaboo with Collections in Java

Jul 4

The Incredible Shrinking Technology Book Section

Shelf space for technology books in book stores seems to be shrinking.

Jun 29

The Incredible Shrinking Technology Book Section

Jun 29

The Joy of Programming is Back One, Two, Three… 12.0 Times!

Eclipse Collections 12.0 and three print books are available now.

Jun 21

The Joy of Programming is Back One, Two, Three… 12.0 Times!

Jun 21

Foreword and Onward to Your Next Connection

The connections in your network are important to discover and invest in.

Jun 14

Foreword and Onward to Your Next Connection

Jun 14

Computer Aided in the Eighties

What I lack in artistic talent, I also lack in desire for a free ride.

May 24

Computer art drawn on a late 1980s Mac. A cuboid with legs jumps off of a high rise upside down pyramidesque lightning bolt 3d shape. Where the cuboid jumped off is a missing shape, with the same dimensions as the cuboid. A ladder leads up from the ground to where the cuboid jumped off. On the ground, the cuboid is headed to an ice cream cone shaped pool, that it won’t quite fit into.

May 24

Happy 30th Birthday, Java!

More code, community, conferences, books, stickers, t-shirts, and coffee!

May 23

Happy 30th Birthday, Java!

May 23

There is No Mute Button

Growing an open source community through communication.

May 20

There is No Mute Button

May 20

Conversations I’ve had with Code

Learning how to talk with other developers, through time, with code

May 14

Conversations I’ve had with Code

May 14

Divide and Conquer Feature-Rich APIs, Categorically!

A simple teaching strategy to help developers learn large APIs.

Apr 30

Divide and Conquer Feature-Rich APIs, Categorically!

Apr 30

The Quieting of the Quiet Ones

The echo chambers have become deafening

Apr 23

The Quieting of the Quiet Ones

Apr 23

Donald Raab

Donald Raab

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Java Champion. Creator of the Eclipse Collections OSS Java library (https://github.com/eclipse-collections). Inspired by Smalltalk. Opinions are my own.

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