Java will be 30 years old in 2025. That's a good time to look back, but also forward.

My little theory is that the concept of “imprinting” in psychology can just as easily be applied to programming: Much as a baby goose decides that the first moving life-form it encounters is its ...

Creating simple data classes in Java traditionally required substantial boilerplate code. Consider how we would represent Java’s mascots, Duke and Juggy: public class JavaMascot { private final String ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...

Some programming languages, such as Rust, Go, or TypeScript, are cool. Others, including Cobol and Java, are regarded as dull. However, while Java, which turned 30 on May 23, may not be the most ...

Get a quick introduction to the most interesting parts of writing concurrent programs in Kotlin, including dispatchers, contexts, channels, and flows. The ability to perform multiple operations ...

Many of today’s programmers—excuse me, software engineers—consider themselves “creatives.” Artists of a sort. They are given to ostentatious personal websites with cleverly hidden Easter eggs and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rachel Wells is a writer who covers leadership, AI, and upskilling. Regardless of your career choice, you will always need a ...

Go was first released as an open source programming language in 2009, and it’s had its ups and downs over the past 15 years. Although it was only released in November 2009, Go saw such a dramatic rise ...

From Reddit threads to roundtable events, debating the merits of programming languages is not a new phenomenon. And while much of the recent discourse has centered around AI’s impact and whether or ...

Experienced Java developers are committed to continuous improvement. We always seek ways to make our code more readable, reliable and efficient. Java's evolution provides a steady stream of powerful ...

Old Glories: Fortran and Cobol are still among the world's most popular programming languages despite being almost 70 years old. They're certainly overachieving, but for entirely different reasons, ...