To avoid any adverse flack, I would like to clear at the outset that I have nothing against Java 8, and I actually love Scala. (more…)

Learn more about Java and the JVM: 10 obscure details you didn't know they could do. Did you know, for example, that checked exceptions are a fiction? (more…)

Oracle announced that it is planning on exploring with the community the possibility of moving Java EE technologies to an open source foundation. (more…)

During the second week of November was Devoxx Belgium, Europe’s biggest Java conference, and as every year the community’s who’s-who showed up. One of them was Brian Goetz, Java Language …

Most developers suck. I think everyone can acknowledge there is a significant portion of the developer community in any language (but particularly Java) that just doesn’t know how to write good code.