Microsoft's dev team responsible for the Java on Visual Studio Code extensions released a new update that eases the "getting started" experience, addressing feedback from new users who want an easier ...

The team behind Microsoft's Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ, available in the JetBrains Marketplace, announced a new "getting started" experience that promises to get devs ups and running with their first ...

Kotlin is a modern alternative to Java that supports functional programming in the JVM. Here's a first look at programming with Kotlin using some of the concepts and syntax you already know from Java.

Why is the self-learning path so unfriendly to beginners? The core issues can be summarized in four points: The knowledge system is chaotic, making it difficult to learn the "key points." The Java ...

Java EE 6 is hot, new, and pretty darn cool. It eases development with its “standardized” features, and the zero-configuration approach apparent in every part of the implementation is really nice, ...

New features like var, auto-compile, text blocks, record classes, and more are shifting Java in subtle but powerful ways—toward a more flexible, dynamic future. Java has made some big shifts over the ...