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What is Tomcat? The original Java servlet container

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JDK 19: The new features in Java 19

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Java 7 reaches end of life

Extended support is expiring for a Java variant that is more than a decade old.

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How to use the Command pattern in Java

Learn how to use the Command pattern to encapsulate requests as objects that you can execute alone or in sequence in your Java programs.

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7 reasons Java is still great

Java has endured radical transformations in the technology landscape and many threats to its prominence. What makes this technology so great, and what does the future hold for Java?

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So why did they decide to call it Java?

The technology is legendary, but how and why Sun Microsystems eventually settled on the name 'Java' was always something of a mystery—even to those involved.

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Choosing your Java IDE

Which Java IDE is best? Compare IntelliJ IDEA , Eclipse, and NetBeans for features, usability, and compatibility with your favorite tools and frameworks.

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Abstract classes vs. interfaces in Java

When should you choose an abstract class over an interface in Java? Take the challenge! Learn the difference between these Java language elements and how to use them in your programs.

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8 Java frameworks for a cloud-native world

These lighter-weight Java frameworks combine cloud-native flexibility with Java’s time-tested engineering, so you can write responsive code that’s easy to deploy anywhere.

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OpenJDK proposal would provide Java class file API

OpenJDK proposal would replace ASM with an up-to-date and performant API for parsing, generating, and transforming Java class files.

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Okta’s Matt Raible: How I became a Java hipster

The Okta developer advocate and JHipster evangelist discusses Java and JavaScript development, monoliths and microservices, software scaling vs. people scaling, and making security friendlier for developers.

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Kotlin unveils K2 compiler

Kotlin 1.7.0 introduces an alpha version of the new K2 compiler and a new approach to incremental compilation in Gradle.

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Intro to JHipster: A full-stack framework for Java and JavaScript

A mature framework for generating hybrid Java and JavaScript applications, JHipster supports the development tools you love and provides monitoring and other administrative capabilities out of the box.

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Review: Visual Studio Code shines for Java

With the Extension Pack for Java, VS Code makes a highly capable Java IDE and formidable competitor to Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ IDEA.

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Better Java: JDK Enhancement Proposals explained

How is Java made? Let’s take a look at the process for introducing new features to the platform, and at some of the big JDK enhancement projects on the horizon.

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Eclipse unveils Java binaries marketplace

The Adoptium Marketplace will give developers access to standard Java binaries from Eclipse, Microsoft, IBM, Azul, and other providers, but not Oracle.

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Project Leyden set to bring faster startups to Java

Green-lit Project Leyden will work to mitigate slow startup and performance issues by introducing static images to the Java platform.

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What is JPA? Introduction to Java persistence

Get to know the Java persistence standard based on Hibernate and learn how to use JPA to store and manage Java objects in a relational or NoSQL database.

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Developer survey: JavaScript and Python reign, but Rust is rising

More than 20,000 developers in 166 countries participated in the SlashData survey, which found that Rust's usage nearly quadrupled over the past 24 months.

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Java concurrency could be about to get easier

Structured concurrency, a new proposal incubating in the OpenJDK community, would treat multiple tasks running in different threads as a single unit of work.

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