Java 8 introduced Java developers to functional programming with lambda expressions. This Java release effectively notified developers that it’s no longer sufficient to think about Java ...

The move into functional programming in Java can be intimidating. There were a lot of new interfaces introduced in Java 8 to make working with Streams and lambda expressions possible. But, most of ...

“Functional Programming in Java” is a new book written to help readers get on top of the new, essential Java 8 language features and the functional style that will change and improve your code. It’s a ...

These editions made up classic Java, and they retain their identity today, as the framework of the Java Virtual Machine alters to support the concept of functional programming in Java 8. A functional ...

Somewhere, somebody is going to hate me for saying this, but if I were to try to explain monads to a Java programmer unfamiliar with functional programming, I would say: "Monad is a design pattern ...

Functional programming in Java 8. Functional programming before Java 8 isn’t pretty. Too much code is required to create, pass a function to, and/or return a function from a first-class function.