TheServerSide

Packaging Java programs in the modern age of microservices and mobile apps

Right from day one, the standard format for packaging Java programs was the Java ARchive, or JAR file for short. There's nothing particularly interesting about a JAR file. At its heart, it's simply a ...
Android Authority

Java tutorial for beginners: Write a simple app with no previous experience

Java is one of the most in-demand programming languages in the world and one of the two official programming languages used in Android development (the other being Kotlin). Developers familiar with ...
InfoWorld

Java to get ‘superpackage’ for software distribution

Sun Microsystems, which continues to plan for upgrades to the core Java platform, announced Tuesday at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco that Java Standard Edition (SE) 7 will feature a ...
TheServerSide

Fix these 10 common examples of the RuntimeException in Java

Runtime errors occur when something goes wrong in the normal execution of a program. When severe enough, these errors abruptly terminate an application. To help programmers both anticipate and recover ...
InfoWorld

Java to package software distribution feature

Sun Microsystems, which continues to plan for upgrades to the core Java platform, announced Tuesday at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco that Java Standard Edition (SE) 7 will feature a ...