I am currently in-between jobs / projects and have been working through the textbooks listed below with the aim of moving back into a full stack position. I understand the job market has changed a lot for developers in the last few years but spending some time learning a modern front end framework, updating myself on newer Java APIs and pairing it with a framework will hopefully see me developing again in no time. 🤞 #### Learning the vi and Vim Editors, 8th Edition : Power and Agility Beyond Just Text Editing - Arnold Robbins and Elbert Hannah Chapters :

Introducing vi and Vim
Simple Editing
Moving Around in a Hurry
Beyond the Basics
Introducing the ex Editor
Global Replacement
Advanced Editing
Vim (vi Improved): Overview and Improvements over vi
Graphical Vim (gvim)
Multiple Windows in Vim
Vim Enhancements for Programmers
Vim Scripts
Other Cool Stuff in Vim
Some Vim Power Techniques
Vim as IDE: Some Assembly Required
vi Is Everywhere
Epilogue

#### Fluent React : Build Fast, Performant, and Intuitive Web Applications - Tejas Kumar Chapters :

The EntryLevel Stuff
JSX
The Virtual DOM
Inside Reconciliation
Common Questions and Powerful Patterns
ServerSide React
Concurrent React
Frameworks
React Server Components
React Alternatives
Conclusion
Going Deeper with Reactive

#### Effective Java, 3rd Edition : Best practices for the Java Platform - Joshua Bloch Chapters :

Introduction
Creating and Destroying Objects
Methods Common to All Objects
Classes and Interfaces
Generics
Enums and Annotations
Lambdas and Streams
Methods
General Programming
Exceptions
Concurrency
Serialization References Index

#### Spring Boot Up and Running, 1st Edition : Building Cloud Native Java and Kotlin Applications - Mark Heckler Chapters :

Spring Boot in a Nutshell
Choosing Your Tools and Getting Started
Creating Your First Spring Boot REST API
Adding Database Access to Your Spring Boot App
Configuring and Inspecting Your Spring Boot App
Really Digging into Data
Creating Applications Using Spring MVC
Reactive Programming with Project Reactor and Spring WebFlux
Testing Spring Boot Applications for Increased Production Readiness
Securing Your Spring Boot Application
Deploying Your Spring Boot Application
Going Deeper with Reactive

Alexander Crawford