Why does Java's standard class library contain empty interfaces like Cloneable and Serializable? Find out why in this sixth installment in the "Object-oriented language basics" series. You'll also ...

This tutorial is the first of several introducing non-object-oriented features and syntax that are fundamental to the Java language. You’ll learn how to use comments, identifiers, types ...

Java is influenced by C and C++, so it has many similarities with those languages (and C#). One of the big advantages of Java is that it is “platform independent.” This means that code you ...

According to The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index, in February 2022, Java was the second most popular language in the world, and its use has grown by 1.2% compared to February 2021.

If you’re new to coding, the best programming language to learn is one that you can pick up quickly and use to experiment with creating functional apps and websites. For many coding students ...

Microsoft continues to make positive strides in the world of open source. The company once considered open source software to be an anathema, but now it’s common for Microsoft to pull software ...

Microsoft Visual Basic 6 is one of the least preferred programming languages to work with, along with Cobol, CoffeeScript and VBA," James Milligan, director of Hays Digital Technology, told ZDNet.

Given its tendency toward verbosity and strict syntax, it might not be the best idea to teach Java as an introductory programming language. Accessible alternatives to Java -- like Python -- exist and ...

Java, the programming language, isn’t even 30 years old yet, but the history of the word goes back several centuries, to a time when coffee trees were plentiful in Indonesia and people were ...