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Classes and objects in Java must be initialized before they are used. You’ve previously learned that class fields are initialized to default values when classes are loaded, and that objects are ...

Project Coin provides numerous “small language enhancements” as a subset of the new JDK 7 features. I recently blogged on Project Coin‘s switching on Strings and in this post I write about the new ...

Since Minecraft is a highly customizable sandbox, Mojang has allowed players to tinker with its core game mechanics using simple written commands, blocks, and items. Most of these blocks and items, ...