Raoul-Gabriel Urma

RAOUL-GABRIEL URMA is CEO and co-founder of Cambridge Spark, a leading learning community for data scientists and developers in the UK. Raoul was nominated a Java Champion in 2017. He has worked for Google, eBay, Oracle, and Goldman Sachs. Raoul completed a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Cambridge. In addition, he holds a MEng in Computer Science from Imperial College London and graduated with first-class honors, having won several prizes for technical innovation. Raoul has delivered over 100 technical talks at international conferences.

books by Raoul-Gabriel Urma

Modern Java in Action

  • September 2018
  • ISBN 9781617293566
  • 592 pages
  • printed in black & white
  • Available translations: Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Modern Java in Action connects new features of the Java language with their practical applications. Using crystal-clear examples and careful attention to detail, this book respects your time. It will help you expand your existing knowledge of core Java as you master modern additions like the Streams API and the Java Module System, explore new approaches to concurrency, and learn how functional concepts can help you write code that’s easier to read and maintain.

Java 8 in Action

  • August 2014
  • ISBN 9781617291999
  • 424 pages
  • printed in black & white

Every new version of Java is important, but Java 8 is a game changer. Java 8 in Action is a clearly written guide to the new features of Java 8. It begins with a practical introduction to lambdas, using real-world Java code. Next, it covers the new Streams API and shows how you can use it to make collection-based code radically easier to understand and maintain. It also explains other major Java 8 features including default methods, Optional, CompletableFuture, and the new Date and Time API.