Java 8 introduced Java developers to functional programming with lambda expressions. This Java release effectively notified developers that it’s no longer sufficient to think about Java ...

This tutorial demonstrates the power of lambda expressions by contrasting implementations of a mathematical example using C++, Java without lambdas, and Java 8 with lambda expressions.

The move into functional programming in Java can be intimidating. There were a lot of new interfaces introduced in Java 8 to make working with Streams and lambda expressions possible. But, most of ...