As a computer science student, I haven't gotten to the point where I hate coding yet. I'm looking for some smaller, more simple projects that I can work on outside of my programming class to get a ...

If you’ve used the Java Native Interface (JNI) to make a platform-specific native library accessible to your Java programs, you know how tedious it can be. Jeff Friesen continues his series on ...

If you were excited about Node.js, Vert.x could be the next big thing for you: a similarly architected enterprise system that is built on the JVM. This installment of the Open source Java projects ...

If you’ve spent any time coding in Java, you know the IDE you choose can make or break your workflow. Over the years, I’ve tried just about every major Java IDE and editor out there. They all have ...

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Traditional caching fails to stop "thundering herds" where multiple clients trigger the same work during a miss.

To appreciate the benefits of Gradle, it helps to understand where it came from. When Gradle was first released in 2007, the Java ecosystem had already established several viable tools. Ant emerged in ...

Build your Java skills from the ground up by working on simple tasks and beginner-friendly projects. Challenge yourself with more complex Java problems, including those focused on multithreading and ...

In a seasonal twist, Microsoft's dev team for Java on Visual Studio Code introduced a special education edition in the February 2022 update, courting educators and students with new functionality as ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Apache Maven is a Java build tool and dependency management engine that simplifies the ...