In Java Futures at QCon New York, Java Language Architect Brian Goetz took us on a whirlwind tour of some recent and future features in the Java Language. In this article, he dives into Local Variable ...

Get the scoop on typesafe enums and learn how to use them properly in switch statements, then get started with Java annotations and meta-annotations types like Target, which you can use to clarify the ...

Naming conventions are important if you're a Java developer. Naming conventions not only make your Java code easier to read, they make your code self-documenting as well. Fellow developers can tell in ...

For Java-based programs such as Maven, Jenkins, Gradle or Tomcat to run, they need to know that Java's JDK is installed. That's the purpose of the JAVA_HOME environment variable. It tells programs ...

Alicia Dwyer Cianciolo overviews NASA's plans to land the first woman and person of color on the Moon, describes the complexity planned with each mission, and how that complexity is being managed. In ...