10 Steps To Become A Highly Skilled Java Developer

  

              

To become a highly skilled Java developer, knowing the language syntax is not enough. You must be excellent in Java programming.

Since Java is one of the popular programming languages, remember that you are not alone in the competition. According to a report, there are around 7.6 million enthusiastic Java developers in the world, who have a good hold on this language, and they are also willing to learn new developments in Java, such as Java 8, JDK 10, and JVM internals any many more.

So, if you are searching for how to get better at Java, then you have reached your destination. Here, we will share with you 10 tips to become a highly-skilled Java Developer, focusing on new updates in Java such as API's, libraries, Kotlin, Code, and Design Patterns.

1. Get Excellence in Core Java

For becoming a better Java developer, you should start with Core Java and try to understand its basic concepts like Reserved words(Keywords), Control Structures, expressions, Array and many more. Before this, you should get perfection in  Object-Oriented Programming Concepts (OOP's). It includes topics like Class, Object, Inheritance, Encapsulation, Polymorphism, etc. Core Java plays a vital role in becoming a better Java developer. So try to master Core Java as much you can.

2. Keep Practising Java

Time more you give to practice Java, timeless you have to give for finding basic syntax errors. Keep trying to find different logic for solving the same problem. Keep trying to find the shortest logic to solve core java questions.  If you Observe there are so many problems surrounded you in the real-world, first note the problem that you can solve it using Java and try to find it,s  solution and then note the problem and solution both and implement it in java. So keep practicing, more you practice more you understand the language better.

It is a habit of practice which makes you master of Java language.

3. Learn API's and Libraries




APIs and Libraries are the most important topics to learn. You should be aware of more used APIs and Libraries, including Jdk and Third-party Libraries is one of the key factor of a great Java developer. There are thousands of Java Libraries, you should be aware of the top well-documented libraries that are open source and free for use.


Top Java Libraries


• Java Standard Libraries
• JHipster
• Maven
• Apache Commons
• Google-gson
• Hibernate-ORM and many more
Here, you don’t have to learn all the libraries, instead, try to focus on 2 or 3 libraries, but you should also gain the knowledge of all these libraries and how they can help you with building projects.

4. Learn Java EE

After perfectly completing Core Java, you can start learning Advance Java which also known as Java EE(Enterprise Edition). In this, you are able to work on web development. It provides a platform for developers with enterprise features such as distributed computing and web services.Java EE  also contains several API such as Enterprise JavaBeans, connectors, Servlets, Java Server Pages, and several web service technologies.

5. Learn Frameworks

After mastering Core Java and Java EE, you should towards the most interesting part of Java, which is Spring framework and Hibernate framework. Nowadays most companies are using spring and hibernate for web applications. Hibernate is used for mapping an object-oriented model to a relational database. Spring framework includes topics Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Maven, etc.

6. Unit Testing

It is a skill that you will find in every professional Java Developer. Unit testing skill differs beginners from the master programmer. For becoming an advanced developer, you should be familiar with a wide range of tools for unit testing like performance testing, automation testing, etc. Beginners can continue with Junit, whose latest version is Junit5.

7. Design Pattern

Being a Java developer, you must be aware of the importance of Design Patterns in Software Development. It shows the relation between classes and objects. A systematic naming of the objects and classes helps in addressing the recurring problem in the object-oriented systems. It helps to identify and understand the problem in the application and associate it with some pattern and also reuse of old interface or make the existing design more usable for future purposes.

 8. Do More Projects

While talking about becoming a professional java developer, you have to do lots of projects like trying ERP Software, School System development, etc. It,s only projects that helps you a lot for becoming Java Developer. So find different categories of project and try it by yourself.

9.  Subscribe to online forums and participate in online competitions

As you know we are leaving in the digital era, the world is moving towards full digitalization.There are lots of people who are working on the same technology on which we are. While doing projects, you find different types of irrelevant issues. When starting to work on new technology, the best thing to do is subscribe to relevant technology forums. Whatever the issue you are facing, someone other might have already faced it and found the solution and written on forums and for more practice, you should participate in online competitions such as hacker rank, code chef, etc.

10.    Bonus Tip

1. As a career in Java Industry, You have to be a certificate holder. There are many certification programs for Java Developer like Oracle, Apache Spark Developer Certification, and many more which helps you to ace an Interview.
2. Collect free Assignments from the online platform which helps you to improve your logical as well as programming skill. So practice lots of assignments.
3. Try to become comfortable with different IDE's such as Netbeans, Eclipse, etc this helps you to choose a better platform according to various types of projects.