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Joshua Bloch Quotes

When in doubt, leave it out.

When in doubt, leave it out.

Doubt, Programming, When In Doubt

"Joshua Bloch: A conversation about design". Interview with Bill Venners, www.javaworld.com. January 4, 2002.

What I do instead is I will cheerfully spend literally hours on identifier names: variable names, method names, and so forth, to make my code readable. If you read some expression using these identifiers and it reads like an English sentence, your program is much more likely to be correct, and much easier to maintain.

Expression, Names, Variables

The cleaner and nicer the program, the faster it's going to run. And if it doesn't, it'll be easy to make it fast.

Running, Easy, Program

"Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming". Book by Peter Seibel, 2009.

It is hard to write even the smallest piece of code correctly.

Writing, Pieces, Code

When you choose a language, you're choosing more than a set of technical trade-offs-you're choosing a community.

Community, Language, Trade

"Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming". Book by Peter Seibel, 2009.

One advantage of static factory methods is that, unlike constructors, they have names.

Names, Factories, Advantage

Joshua Bloch (2008). “Effective Java”, p.5, Addison-Wesley Professional

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