End your tour of Java’s essential language features with Jeff’s introduction to Java 8’s method references, interface default and static methods, and three lesser known language updates that every ...

Java SE 13 (Sept 2019) introduced text blocks as a preview feature, aimed at reducing the pain of declaring and using multi-line string literals in Java. It was subsequently refined in a second ...

Complete your tour of JDK 5’s language features by exploring autoboxing and unboxing, the enhanced for loop, static imports, varargs, and covariant return types. This article wraps up my three-part ...

Oracle has announced general availability of Java Development Kit (JDK) 14, its reference implementation of the Java 14 programming language spec. Rolling out in line with Oracle's six-monthly release ...

What do developers love most about Java? For many, it’s how it manages to be so reliable (think Toyota) while still able to handle everything from parallel graph analytics to bleeding-edge finance ...

Programmers typically target a specific, long-term support release when they develop applications. That means for the past several years, most Java developers were limited to the Java 8 or Java 11 ...

Java has been one of the more popular programming languages and computing platforms on the market since Sun Microsystems released it all the way back in 1995. The free-to-download platform has been ...

Some programming languages, such as Rust, Go, or TypeScript, are cool. Others, including Cobol and Java, are regarded as dull. However, while Java, which turned 30 on May 23, may not be the most ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Cory Benfield discusses the evolution of ...

Oracle ORCL recently announced the release of Java 20, the latest version of the world’s number-one development platform and programming language. Java 20, also known as Oracle JDK 20, includes seven ...

Java 25, an LTS (long-term support) version, is now at release candidate (RC) stage with general availability scheduled for September 16.… The RC release is the first of two, with the second set for ...