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 ...

Java Essentials Volume 2 provides structured pathway from Java fundamentals to advanced application development ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Recursion in Java gets a bad rap. Experienced developers shun ...

As thousands of programmers converge on San Francisco to attend Sun Microsystems' JavaOne conference, which opens Monday, Microsoft is working in parallel to convince some of the flock to switch ...

As thousands of programmers converge on San Francisco to attend Sun Microsystems' JavaOne conference, Microsoft is working in parallel to convince some of the flock to switch banners. That job falls ...