There are varieties of embedded systems in the world, it’s a big challenge to optimized the instruction sets of SoCs according to different systems’ working environments. The idea of dynamic ...

For Java-based programs such as Maven, Jenkins, Gradle or Tomcat to run, they need to know that Java's JDK is installed. That's the purpose of the JAVA_HOME environment variable. It tells programs ...

In this post, we will learn how to call a method in Java. This is a useful “chunk” of code that you can call from anywhere else in your program, thus preventing you from needing to write out the same ...

I wrote about the NetBeans hint “Overridable Method Call in Constructor” in the blog post Seven Indispensable NetBeans Java Hints. In this post, I look at why having an overridable method called from ...

In the current series of posts I am writing on reducing the number of parameters required to call Java methods and constructors, I have focused so far on approaches that directly affect the parameters ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Recursion in Java gets a bad rap. Experienced developers shun the practice over fears that an ...