Getting started with Java 8

I attended the No Fluff Just Stuff conference today, in Columbus, OH. I was inspired by Ken Kousen's presentation of Java 8 recipes. So to get started on Java 8 and to be able to run the sample code he was showing, I did the following steps:

• Downloaded IntelliJ IDEA community version
• Downloaded JDK 8
• Downloaded as a zip, sample code from github for java 8 recipes
• Followed these instructions to build the project

Voila! I was ready to run the code, see the results for myself and play with the code. There is so much satisfaction in seeing something actually run and generate output.
Thanks Ken!!!

Some other tips he gave were:

• Good book to learn Java is Head First Java.
• oreilly.com (safari online) coupon code for books and videos 50% off : AUTHD
• Free download of book Gradle recipes for Android
• Publishing a new book : Modern Java Recipes
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Thanks to my company Nationwide for sending me to this awesome conference.