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.

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Java 10’s Experimental JIT Compiler explained in 5 minutes

This month’s theme is Java 10 to tie in with the release of the new Java version. Despite being only 6 months since Java...
Georgia Ingham
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Java 10 improvements to Garbage Collection explained in 5…

Java 10 has officially been out for almost a month now, and it brought with it some improvements to the G1 garbage collector. G1...
Rob
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Java 10 Local-Variable Type Inference Explained in 5 Minutes

The biggest new feature in Java 10 is the introduction of the Local-Variable Type Interface. What is Local-Variable Type Inference? This new feature will...
Bethan Palmer
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What’s new in JUnit 5?

This month our posts are focusing on code quality and we have already covered how you can use IDEs to improve your code to...
Georgia Ingham
2 min read

Replacing ImageIO with the JDeli image library

What is ImageIO? ImageIO is the built-in Java Image library for reading, writing and working with Images in Java. If you are using Java,...
Bethan Palmer
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How to use Cipher streams in Java

What is a Cipher stream? Cipher streams act as streams except that they use a Cipher to process the data before it is passed...
Kieran France
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