How to Format a String, Clarified!
A User-Friendly Introduction The Java Documentation of String formatting is not the easiest to read and understand if you are not familiar with String formatting or just want [...]
Java 7
Enum: How to use name() and toString() methods correctly
The Difference Between Two Methods? The Java Enum has two methods that retrieve that value of an enum constant, name() and .toString(). The toString() method calls the [...]
Java is #1: But we knew that already
It’s always nice to have your commitment to Java confirmed and this month it was TIOBE who showed that Java is still the number one most used programming languages, [...]
Pro Java EE Design Patterns: Great Addition to Java EE Practitioner’s Bookshelf
Reza Rahman writes an interesting review of Professional Java EE Design Patterns, calling it a Great Addition to Java EE Practitioner’s Bookshelf. Thanks, [...]
Switch Statements
Contrary to if-then-else statements, a switch statement can have numerous possible paths of execution. Switches work on primitive data types such as integer as well as [...]
Clean Code: Variables
We know how the code we write works, we understand it, we don’t need comments, it’s obvious, of course, we wrote it. This is what we all think and its true – well [...]
Cloud IDE for Java EE development
With so many of the traditional software tools going to the cloud, I want to see how they compare to traditional tools. My interest is Java EE technology and started to look [...]