Generics make your code more flexible and easier to read, and they help you avoid ClassCastExceptions at runtime. Get started with this introduction to using generics with the Java Collections ...

OpenJDK’s Project Leyden will implement condensers to improve the startup time, time to peak performance, and resource footprint of Java programs. Project Leyden, an ambitious effort to improve ...

The central tendencies we currently see in the tech industry are related to the continuous expansion of cloud computing and the rapid adoption of AI. For Java development, these trends are also ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Note: The original 1995 white paper on Java’s 7 benefits actually said that “Java is interpreted ...

Java programs without a graphical user interface use a computer's command line to interact with the user. It is vital that the program's command line output is properly formatted and spaced so that it ...

For Java-based programs such as Maven, Jenkins, Gradle or Tomcat to run, they need to know that Java's JDK is installed. That's the purpose of the JAVA_HOME environment variable. It tells programs ...

In context: Despite being designed in 1959, the COBOL programming language is still widely used in applications deployed on mainframe computers. COBOL offers secure, reliable and transactional ...

Java was created over 25 years ago, and it is still one of the most popular programming languages. In this article, I will present an overview of how Java has grown to today's complex system and why ...