If you’ve used the Java Native Interface (JNI) to make a platform-specific native library accessible to your Java programs, you know how tedious it can be. Jeff Friesen continues his series on ...

The actor model is a message-passing paradigm that resolves some of the major challenges of writing concurrent, scalable code for today’s distributed systems. In this installment of Open source Java ...

If you’ve spent any time coding in Java, you know the IDE you choose can make or break your workflow. Over the years, I’ve tried just about every major Java IDE and editor out there. They all have ...

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Soroosh Khodami discusses why we aren't ready for the next Log4Shell. He shares live demos of dependency confusion ...

To appreciate the benefits of Gradle, it helps to understand where it came from. When Gradle was first released in 2007, the Java ecosystem had already established several viable tools. Ant emerged in ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Apache Maven is a Java build tool and dependency management engine that simplifies the ...

Microsoft's popular open-source, cross-platform code editor, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), has received an update of its new "project view," better known as the Java Projects Explorer. The ...

In a seasonal twist, Microsoft's dev team for Java on Visual Studio Code introduced a special education edition in the February 2022 update, courting educators and students with new functionality as ...