Manipulating calendar dates is an essential aspect of many applications written in Java. Traditionally, developers relied on the java.util.Calendar class to get the ...

Runtime errors occur when something goes wrong in the normal execution of a program. When severe enough, these errors abruptly terminate an application. To help programmers both anticipate and recover ...

Elliott Rusty Harold is blogging that functional programming in Java is dangerous. He’s wrong, and he’s way late to the party on this one–it’s coming to Java whether he likes it or not. Go read his ...

Technological trends are often short-lived and have no lasting effect. New programming languages show up every year, ...

A team of computer scientists has developed a videogame called CodeSpells that teaches people how to code in Java. The game was tested on a group of 10- to 12-year-old girls who had never done any ...

The Java language and virtual machine are almost two decades old, and while most developers would recognize the old and new models of Java as being related, there's no question that Java has changed ...

Struggling with Java Web Start errors on Windows 11? This comprehensive guide walks you through common issues, step-by-step fixes, and tips to get your apps running smoothly without frustration.

In context: Despite being designed in 1959, the COBOL programming language is still widely used in applications deployed on mainframe computers. COBOL offers secure, reliable and transactional ...