Mojang is finally revealing all of Minecraft: Java Edition's code after 16 years to "make it quicker and easier for modders to create and improve mods"

Well over a decade has passed since the release of Mojang 's monumental sandbox game Minecraft, with countless mods dropping ...

Minecraft modding is about to change forever as Mojang announces huge Java Edition news

Mojang is ending the obfuscation of Minecraft Java Edition's code very soon, which will make it easier than ever to create ...
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Minecraft Java edition code no longer obfuscated

Minecraft, created by Markus "Notch" Persson long before it became the most successful game of all time and a $2bn payday to Microsoft, was written in Java. Notch obfuscated the code to prevent others ...

Future updates will make Minecraft a LOT easier to mod — Mojang Studios is removing code obfuscation entirely

Mojang Studios has announced that it's removing obfuscation from Minecraft: Java Edition's code, which will make it much ...
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Automated Java testing tools source code developers need to know

Whether you're a seasoned Java programmer or a Java neophyte, testing Java applications is important. It ensures your application does what it's supposed to. Fortunately, there are plenty of automated ...
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Review: Visual Studio Code shines for Java

With the Extension Pack for Java, VS Code makes a highly capable Java IDE and formidable competitor to Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ IDEA. There was a time when your choices for Java IDEs were ...
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Static classes and inner classes in Java

Nested classes are classes that are declared as members of other classes or scopes. Nesting classes is one way to better organize your code. For example, say you have a non-nested class (also known as ...