<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Books on AZ-Way</title><link>https://az-way-blog.web.app/en/books/</link><description>Recent content in Books on AZ-Way</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://az-way-blog.web.app/en/books/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>OCA: Oracle Certified Associate Java SE 8 Programmer I Study Guide</title><link>https://az-way-blog.web.app/en/books/java-oca-8/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://az-way-blog.web.app/en/books/java-oca-8/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="why-im-reading-it"&gt;Why I&amp;rsquo;m reading it&lt;/h2&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;The goal is to be able to write backend in Java/Spring, not only frontend. A certificate by itself doesn&amp;rsquo;t get you a job. But preparing for it forces you to learn the core of the language down to the details, not “at Stack Overflow level”.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;h2 id="chapter-notes"&gt;Chapter notes&lt;/h2&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;A breakdown of each of the six chapters — where TypeScript habits lead to a wrong answer and which LeetCode problems reinforce the chapter — is in the post &lt;a href="https://az-way-blog.web.app/en/posts/java-oca-8-frontend/"&gt;Java OCA 8 through a frontend developer&amp;rsquo;s eyes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>