Java is one of the most in-demand programming languages in the world and one of the two official programming languages used in Android development (the other being Kotlin). Developers familiar with ...

Java developers absolutely must learn Maven. Maven is the most popular and pervasive build tool in the Java world. Even if you don't use Maven directly, alternatives such as Gradle, Jenkins or Ivy ...

In this 3rd installment of the series, I’ll be showing you how to import classes in order to further extend the capabilities of Java. I’ll also be looking a little more at what object oriented ...

Java has gracefully evolved over the past decade or so. However, the biggest update to Java ecosystem is the Java 8 update. The changes ensure that Java stays at the top priority for developers to ...

Script languages have been experiencing a renaissance over the past few years. There are many open-source projects such as Jython, Groovy and Bean Shell to allow the scripting environment to interact ...

You've nailed down the functional characteristics of scripting languages and seen how Python compares to Java for banging out fast code. Now look at the big picture: how does a non-native scripting ...

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 ...

Sun Microsystems released on Monday a Java development kit that seeks to meld Java and scripting languages. The company released Java Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6), the software needed to create Java ...