Abstract: Various software libraries and frameworks provide a variety of APIs to support secure coding. However, misusing these APIs can cost developers tremendous time and effort, introduce security ...

What’s a hybrid relay? How does it work? What are its key building blocks? Whether you are designing a power control system or tinkering with a do-it-yourself automation project, it’s important to ...

Learn how to build the ultimate diamond farm in Minecraft 1.21+ (Java Edition). This survival-friendly setup uses villager trading mechanics and efficient design to create a renewable source of ...

Learn how to build the easiest spider spawner XP farm in Minecraft 1.21+. This design works in Java and Bedrock Edition, and is perfect for survival players who find a cave spider or regular spider ...

This article was originally posted on my blog. You should also read my Java 11 Tutorial (including new language and API features from Java 9, 10 and 11).

In a previous Java 101 tutorial, you learned how to better organize your code by declaring reference types (also known as classes and interfaces) as members of other reference types and blocks. I also ...

Developers make assumptions about how our code will behave when executed, but we’re not always right. Without certainty, it is challenging to write programs that work correctly at runtime. Java ...

The most significant addition to the Java language since Sun Microsystems rewrote the collections API for Java 5 is the introduction of Java records. Java records address two significant pain points ...

Java's default constructor allows developers to create instances of classes when no other constructors are explicitly defined. The default constructor in Java takes no arguments -- it simply ...