What you need for this learning path

Many of the examples in the book use Java 8 features. There are a number of Java APIs demonstrated, each of which is introduced before it is applied. An IDE is not required but is desirable.

You need to have any latest system with at least 2GB RAM and a Windows 7 /Ubuntu 14.04/Mac OS X operating system. Further, you will need to have Java 1.8.0 or above and Maven 3.0.0 or above installed.