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How do you start a Java program? With a main method of course. But the ceremony around writing such a method is perhaps not the nicest for n...
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The last time I wrote about the timezone database on this blog, the database was under threat from a lawsuit. Fortunately that lawsuit went ...
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The switch statement in Java is being changed. But is it an upgrade or a mess? Classic switch The classic switch statement in Java isn't gre...
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Java has a number of literals for creating values, but wouldn't it be nice if we had more? Current literals These are some of the literals w...
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The Java ecosystem is made up of many individuals, organisations and companies producing many different libraries. Some of the largest proje...
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Should you adopt Java 12 or stick on Java 11 for the next 3 years? Seems like an innocuous question, but it is one of the most important dec...
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Java 11 has been released. It is a major release because it has long-term support (LTS). But Oracle have also set it up to be a trap (either...
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There is now a Java release every 6 months - March and September. It started with Java 9 and we're about to get Java 11. But should you jump...
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Moving from Java 8 to Java 11 is trickier than most upgrades. Here are a few of my notes on the process. (And here are a couple of other blo...
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From Java 11 its time to think beyond Oracle's JDK. Time to appreciate the depth of the ecosystem built on OpenJDK. Here are some of the key...
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