In Part 2 we’ll revisit those techniques using Java code that pre-dates Java 8. As you’ll see, this code is functional, but it’s not easy to write or read.

To recap, part one of this tutorial explained that Java was an ‘object oriented’ language. This means that we’re using classes to define ‘objects’ (objects essentially containing data ...

In announcing Java 18 support for Java on VS Code as part of the April 2022 update, Microsoft highlighted changes including: Support Inlay Hints for Parameter Names: Developers can enable Inlay Hints ...

Java static code analysis tools such as Checkstyle, FindBugs and others can parse your code to identify potential problems. Java developers should make code analysis a key part of the development ...

In Part 1, I present an overview of the Java Concurrency Utilities framework and introduce its Executor framework, synchronizer utilities, and the Java Concurrent Collections package.

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 ...

The regular monthly update to Java on Visual Studio Code sees added shortcut snippets aligning with other editors, optimized code completion, improvements to the Maven build automation tool and more ...

In part 1 of this series, Gary went over the basics of Java and introduced us to variables, objects and loops. In part 2 we took a look at using methods, arrays and conditional statements.