Red Hat has introduced a new Java distribution, Mandrel, that compiles Java applications directly to native code. As a fork of GraalVM, this decreases startup time and memory usage. (more…)

Java[a] is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's most populous island, home to approximately 56% of the ... (more…)

Recently someone asked me what I would recommend them to do in order to become a backend Java engineer. Keep in mind that this advice is bas... (more…)

In the past weeks there has been a heated debate around the imminent release of Java 9 and its most famous feature: the Java platform modu... (more…)

Performance requirements, legacy systems, and team familiarity are all factors that may lead you to look for high-performance web solutions with Java. Spring WebFlux is a popular tool to create web applications in Java. Functional programming in Java is a... (more…)