Why are integers and longs allowed to overflow in assignments, but not bytes and shorts? The answer lies in the Java language rules for so called assignment contexts. (more…)

In a previous post, we announced that Oracle was beginning to explore moving Java EE technologies to an open source foundation in order to make the process of... (more…)

tl;dr So far I’ve been hesitant to embrace static type checkers like TypeScript. It’s because I associated static type checking with the … (more…)

CheerpJ is a Java to HTML5 compiler, allowing you to convert any Java client application into standard HTML5, WebAssembly and JavaScript. Find out how CheerpJ provides a seamless experience of java applications on any browser. (more…)

This blog post is a reminder that you should make sure that all your builds in the Java ecosystem access the artifact repositories (e.g. Maven Central) via HTTPS instead of HTTP. This often just means replacing the ‘http:’ in repository URLs with ‘https:’... (more…)