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Why Java is Still Worth Learning in 2025: A Developer’s 25-Year Journey

Author: Markus Westergren Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents I’ll be honest – my first encounter with Java in 1999 wasn’t love at first sight. It was during a university distributed systems course, and coming from a background in assembler and C, Java felt bloated, slow, and frankly untrustworthy. That “automatic memory handling” seemed like dangerous magic …

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JavaFX Links of July 2025

Author: Frank Delporte Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents CoreApplicationsGamesComponents, Libraries, ToolsPodcasts, Videos, BooksConferences, PresentationsTutorialsMiscellaneousJFX Central Here is the overview of the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of July 2025. You can find the weekly lists on jfx-central.com. Did we miss anything? Is there anything you want to have included in one of the next overviews? Let us know via …

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Java, What’s Old? Part II: Utils

Author: Anthony Goubard Original post on Foojay: Read More Table of Contents ObjectsvolatileLocaleCollatorNormalizer After Java, What’s Old? Part I – Collections, let’s now have a look at less known old utility classes that can still be useful. Everything in this series will be in Java 8 and later, so after reading this article, you will be able to use it …

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