One Year After Java 8’s Release, IDEs and Compilers are not Fully Ready Yet

One year ago, on March 18, 2014, Java SE 8 was released, and with it, the bliss of functional programming through lambda expressions and the streams API. These were great news for all of our Java ecosystem, and many people have already upgraded to Java 8. Stack Overflow already yields almost 2500 questions about Java … Continue reading One Year After Java 8’s Release, IDEs and Compilers are not Fully Ready Yet

Top 10 Very Very VERY Important Topics to Discuss

Some things are just very very very VERY very important. Such as John Cleese. The same is true for Whitespace: Whitespace-Shedding Yes. 1080 Reddit Karma points (so urgently needed!) in only 23 hours. That's several orders of magnitudes better than any of our - what we wrongfully thought to be - very deep and interesting … Continue reading Top 10 Very Very VERY Important Topics to Discuss

Top 5 Useful Hidden Eclipse Features

Eclipse is a beast. A device whose mystery is only exceeded by its power. Some would call it a continuum transfunctioner. Others would call it a transmogrifier. Yes, it is so huge, it takes years to master. And then, your manager shows up and tells you: We're using NetBeans now. Just kidding. No one uses … Continue reading Top 5 Useful Hidden Eclipse Features