In Java, we don’t need to write “THEN.” Instead, we use an open curly bracket to say that everything that follows is part of that “code block” and should run under the conditions we specify.

To learn part of a new API or even some important Java nuance, you'll often find it useful to run a short bit of code. In this Java Tip, Shawn Silverman explains how to easily and quickly test one ...

Java gives you the ability to dynamically create strings. Even after you set the string value, you can add more characters to the string value throughout the code. This process lets you build a ...

How to add multiple values per key to a Java HashMap. It seems like an oversight for the standard Java API not to have a collection class that allows a key to have multiple values. If this is an ...

Oracle gained Java as part of its acquisition of Sun Microsystems in 2009 and then waged a protracted legal battle with Google over its use of Java in Android, the non-Apple OS that Microsoft's co ...