Using the import statement Packages on the Java classpath All about static imports There’s a lot more to discuss and learn about packages, and I’ll have a lot of example for you to explore.

Java developers learn to rely on their compilers to catch assignments to incorrect types, calls of nonexistent methods and—this article's topic—incorrect exception handling.

It's always a good idea to employ a few static code analysis tools as part of your software development routine. There are a number of great tools that perform static analysis of Java code, such as ...

I'm purely a Java guy, and we'll eventually get to a pure Java library, but in the meantime I'd like to test using something like JNA. I'm wanting to keep this under a linux environment.