Praise for Functional Programming in Java

Venkat has done a superb job of bringing core functional language concepts to the Java ecosystem. Once you have peered into his looking glass of functional language design, it will be hard to go back to old-school imperative programming.

Stephen Chin, Java technology ambassador and JavaOne content chair

The introduction of lambdas to Java 8 has made me excited to use Java again, and Venkat’s combination of technical details and best practices make it easy to apply functional thinking to this new feature.

Kimberly D. Barnes, senior software engineer

Java 8 lambda expressions are an incredibly important new language feature. Every Java developer should read this excellent book and learn how to use them ...

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