Overview: Avoiding common Java mistakes significantly improves application speed, memory use, and overall stability.Choosing the right data structures and closi ...

I think the “While” loop in programming languages needs a refresh. More and more software is being pushed to Web servers, which is essentially a “shared hardware” environment. Which means one little ...

Pop quiz: Do you know what annotation metadata is? If you’re like most coders, you don’t—and that has been okay, says Graeme Rocher, creator of Java application frameworks, including Grails. But in a ...