Java is a general-purpose, concurrent, class-based, object-oriented computer programming language that is specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.
Developers can “write once, run anywhere” (WORA), meaning that code that runs on one platform does not need to be recompiled to run on another. Java applications are typically compiled to bytecode (class file) that can run on any Java virtual machine (JVM) regardless of computer architecture.
Back in 2013, some of my colleagues at IDRsolutions visited Devoxx in Antwerp, Belgium. They came back really enthusiastic about it as the best Community conference out there. Since there, Devoxx has spawned multiple other Devoxx conferences in France, UK, USA, etc but the Belgium event is still the biggest and best… By the community,…
JavaOne in San Francisco is one of the longest running Java events. It is one of the more expensive events to attend (and for a company based in UK it is a trek). So is it still worth attending in 2017? At its height, JavaOne used to take over the Moscone Center and San Francisco…
The General Availability release for Java 9 is coming soon… Here at IDRsolutions we have busy been researching and testing all the key new features in Java 9, as well as some of the hidden things you might have missed. In this series we have put together some tutorials to explain what they are, why…
It might seem a bit early to start speculating about Java10 before Java9 has even launched. In fact, with Project Valhalla, some ideas have already been explored for some time and there is already a Java10 page on the OpenJDK website. One of Java’s strengths is that the designers have been very cautious on adding…
Here at IDRsolutions we are very excited about Java 9 and have written a series of articles explaining some of the main features. In our previous Java 9 series article we looked at Javadocs in Java 9. This time we will be looking at some of the hidden features you might have missed. As you know…
