Before Java SE 8, anonymous classes were typically used to pass functionality to a method. This practice obfuscated source code, making it harder to understand. Java 8 eliminated this problem by ...

One of the recurrent, valid criticisms of Java as a programming language is that it is wordy. You have to write a lot of code to get anything done. Lambda expressions relieve that problem for some ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The term lamdba function actually has its roots in Calculus. In mathematics, a lambda function ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. To fully understand the benefits and how lambda expressions provide code conciseness and ...

It may not be as new or attractive as something like Python, but there’s a reason Java remains the most used programming language in the world. Though other disciplines can tout simplicity and economy ...

Microsoft's dev team put AI to work to explain different kinds of expressions in the latest update to Java tooling for Visual Studio Code. Microsoft stewards the development of Java tooling for its ...