Java, the programming language used by millions of developers, is now even better. The launch of Java 8 on March 25 represents the most significant update to the Java programming model ever, and ...

This article explores some of Java 8’s new features, using both Java’s proposed syntax and Scala. We cover lambda expressions, higher-order functions, parallel collections and virtual ...

Java 8 lambdas and the new Streams API simplify common idiomatic constructs. In this article we investigate some common use cases in financial services and how they are easily solved with lambdas ...

The Eclipse Foundation has announced the release of the Jakarta EE 8, the first truly open-source, vendor-neutral version of Java Enterprise Edition.

Red Hat has assumed stewardship from Oracle over OpenJDK 8 and OpenJDK 11, which strengthens Red Hat's support for the Java community -- particularly enterprise Java developers. OpenJDK 8 and OpenJDK ...

Java 8 will be remembered mainly for introducing lambdas, streams, a new date/time model, and Nashorn--but don't miss the new Base64 API. It could be just what you need to ensure data integrity in ...

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.