Developers use variables in Java to hold data, with all variables having a data type and a name. The data type determines the values that a variable can hold. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how ...

Java’s int reserved word identifies the integer type in source code. The long integer type describes integers that are represented in 64 bits; it can accommodate integer values ranging from -2 ...

Packaged as part of the 2018 version 10 release, the Java var reserved word introduced type inference to the strongly typed Java programming language. Type inference in Java happens when the JDK’s ...

Primitive types represent the simplest, most direct way to represent data in code. Even the most complicated classes in Java can be flattened down to nothing more than the set of primitive data types ...

Java SE 14 (March 2020) introduces records (jep359) as a preview feature. Records aim to enhance the language's ability to model "plain data" aggregates with less ceremony. In this article Java ...

With Java running critical applications the world over, the nearly 25-year-old programming language must balance its community’s affection for its syntax with new trends.