In The new Java 8 Date and Time API: An interview with Stephen Colebourne, Stephen Colebourne tells Hartmut Schlosser, “I think the most important language change isn’t lambdas, but static and default ...

Marking a watershed moment for Java programmers, Oracle today is releasing JDK (Java Development Kit) 8, accommodating lambda expressions and representing a shift in how developers approach the ...

Java Standard Edition 8 (Java SE 8) isn't due until March, but Oracle has just released a preview build for testing by developers. The Developer Preview for JDK (Java Development Kit) 8, known as ...

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. David Chisnall discusses how the CHERI hardware architecture redefines pointer safety to solve isolation and ...

A majority of Java developers are using Java 8 or lower. This is based on a newly released report that revealed 79 percent of developers are using Java 8, 9 percent are using Java 7 and 3 percent are ...

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 ...

The Java SE 8 launch is nearly here (due March 18), but how many developers are really ready to upgrade? Quite a few, if the results of a recent survey are any indication. Typesafe, the chief ...

A majority of Java developers are planning to migrate to the upcoming release of Java 8. A recent survey conducted by Typesafe, a middleware vendor, revealed that 67% of its respondents plan to ...