Free Your Lambdas: Leveraging Functional Interfaces in Java

Explore the power of lambdas and functional interfaces in Java through this comprehensive 1 hour 50 minute tutorial. Learn how to write lambdas from anonymous class instances and discover new Collection API methods that leverage lambdas and default methods for improved performance. Examine real-world examples from the JDK to understand how functional interfaces create new APIs. Implement well-known patterns using lambdas for cleaner, more robust code. Cover topics such as Comparators, passing code as parameters, the Iterable interface, method references, and functional interfaces like Consumer and Runnable. Gain practical insights through demonstrations, quizzes, and hands-on examples to enhance your Java programming skills and optimize your code using lambda expressions.