Results of the JavaRush competition

Hi all! A week ago, the submission of articles for the “creative” competition JavaRush ended. We paused to give you time to read all the articles and identify your favorites and are finally ready to announce the results. It’s great that new authors are being added to the strong group of regular participants: each time we receive a concentrated portion of knowledge and valuable experience in learning Java and programming. It was not easy for us in the editorial office to make a choice: the works are different, and almost every author found his own grateful audience :) And yet we are ready to name the names of the winners in the opinion of the editors and present the audience choice prizes.

1. "Java pro"

Nominees:

1. JPA Entities and DB relationships
2. The theory of generics in Java, or how to put parentheses in practice

Winner: Nikita Koliadin (JPA Entities && DB Relationships). Thank you for your strong and original work: congratulations on your victory!

2. “Theory and practice”

Nominees:

1. UML: from theory to practice
2. Probability theory in practice or do you know about Random
3. Modifiers or how to cast enchantments in the Java world
4. for each vs for: usage scenarios
5. StringBuilder class in Java with a specific example
6. For and For-Each Loop: a tale of how I iterated, was iterated, but was not iterated
7. Equals and hashCode contracts or whatever it is
8. Pattern Builder
9. Json scheme, why and who needs it
10. Sorting algorithms in theory and practice
11. Interface in Java
12. Pattern (Template) of Delegation
13. Easy HTML parsing with jsoup
14. Logic problems at an interview
15. 23 frequently asked interview questions

Winners: We found the most interesting and thorough articles No. 7 (practical and “live” material about the rules for redefining Equals and hashCode), No. 9 (an article on the use of JSON schemas in interaction between projects) and No. 10 (an exhaustive work on sorting algorithms). Congratulations:

• Sergeev Victor
• Alexander Zimin
• Viacheslav

3. “Know your IDE”

Nominee and winner: And again - Viacheslav and his useful article IntelliJ IDEA: code style and formatting . Congratulations! Thank you for your active participation in the JavaRush competition!

4. “Personal story”

Nominees:

1. How to find a job in IT if you have completed 20 levels of JavaRush
2. From housewife to programmers

Winners: We got two different, but equally interesting personal stories that we and you obviously liked! Therefore, it would be fair to reward two participants. Anna Yushina , Dmitry Mukhin , congratulations on your victory!

5. Bonus: prize outside of competitive nominations

Nominees:

1. Little tricks with Heroku
2. KotlinRush: does it make sense to continue writing in Java?

Winner: NikEy participant with a comparison article about Kotlin and Java: appreciate an alternative view. So, is a book about Java still useful? :)

6. Community Choice

“My favorite article” Material by Dmitry Mukhin “ What to learn, where to teach, how to teach? " scored the largest number of your likes. “The most discussed article.” The most commented material was the post “ 23 questions often asked during an interview ” by Yuri Kuznetsov !

Full list of winners:

• Nikita Koliadin
• Viacheslav
• Sergeev Victor
• Alexander Zimin
• Anna Yushina
• Dmitry Mukhin
• NikEy
• Yuri Kuznetsov

How to get a prize:

A JavaRush editor will contact you within a day to discuss the details. In the meantime, let us remind you: you can choose a book as a gift from this list or offer your own option (we will consider it). Many thanks to everyone: both authors and readers! Your JavaRush team