Let’s start with the Shadoks Les Shadoks is a cartoon created by Jacques Rouxel which was first broadcast in France between 1968 and 1974. Les Shadoks series had a lasting cultural impact, and introduced some lovely phrases/expressions that, to this day, ... (more…)

In this article we will explain how to emulate aspects of C#’s Language Integrated Query (LINQ) in Java using Code Reflection. Specifically, LINQ’s capability to enable translation of LINQ queries (C# expressions) to SQL statements. (more…)

TLDR; Java has a few different ways of comparing variables and objects with one another. ==, equals(), compareTo() and compare(). Java provides various operators such as == and != which check for equality and inequality respectively. They are used in a pr... (more…)

JEP 445, Unnamed Classes and Instance Main Methods (Preview), has been promoted from its Proposed to Target to Targeted status. This feature of JEP, formerly entitled Implicit Classes and Enhanced Main Methods (Preview), proposes to "evolve the Java langu... (more…)

I will admit this post was inspired by How would you write factorial(n) in java? So excuse me while I rant in code: I have a point to make at the bottom of this article. Now most people who write f… (more…)