If you’ve read my Java 101 tutorial introducing static classes and inner classes, you should be familiar with the basics of working with nested classes in Java code. In this Java tip, you’ll ...

2. The Java profiler: javap. You can consider the Java command-line tool javap a complement to the javac utility. While javac compiles code, the javap utility reverses that compilation and provides ...

Another new tool, which provides Grade build automation functionality for Java developers, is the aptly named Gradle for Java extension. "You can use this interface to view Gradle Tasks and Project ...

By focusing on Java interfaces instead of classes, you can minimize the number of references to class names in your source code. This facilitates changing from one class to another (perhaps to ...