Java 8 introduced Java developers to functional programming with lambda expressions. This Java release effectively notified developers that it’s no longer sufficient to think about Java programming ...

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There are only half a dozen classes you really need to master to become competent in the world of functional programming. The java.util.function package contains well over 40 different components, but ...

Can you still use the Java programming language for free? What you need to know Your email has been sent There have been notable changes to the licensing and support for the tools Java developers use ...

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Engineers at Facebook parent Meta have detailed their multi-year effort to convert the codebases for its numerous Android apps from the Java programming language over to Kotlin. That's a large task ...

Oracle has released JDK (Java Development Kit) 25, the first long term support (LTS) version since JDK 21 two years ago. New features include beginner-friendly compact source files, succinct module ...

Developers make assumptions about how our code will behave when executed, but we’re not always right. Without certainty, it is challenging to write programs that work correctly at runtime. Java ...

In Thursday’s puzzle, “Java” was the answer to the clue “Programming language named for a drink named for an island.” By Alexis Benveniste This is Clued In, a column that will give you insight into ...

When I worked at Boeing in 2003 they were C or C++. A lot of the ancillary software (maintenance software, etc, stuff that isn't actually on the plane) used Java or VB or .NET, however. The choice ...