You have to write more Java code to implement the same amount of functionality, and the more code you write, the harder it becomes to keep it lean, mean and clean. Let's examine three best practices ...

In this cycle, the team added more code-completion shortcuts to generate code snippets, which were based on the Eclipse convention because Java-specific functionality comes from the Eclipse JDT ...

But the integration of an external Java JAR into a Maven build is a hassle, which is exactly why Maven Checkstyle Plugin exists. By simply including a Checkstyle goal as part of a Maven build, Java ...