Playing with Java 8 – Lambdas and Concurrency

So Java 8 was released a while back, with a ton of features and changes. All us Java zealots have…

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HashMap performance improvements in Java 8

HashMap<K, V> is fast, versatile and ubiquitous data structure in every Java program. First some basics. As you probably know,…

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Handy New Map Default Methods in JDK 8

The Map interface provides some handy new methods in JDK 8. Because the Map methods I cover in this post…

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Java 8 LongAdders: The Right Way To Manage Concurrent Counters

I just lOvE new toys, and Java 8 has a bunch of them. This time around I want to talk…

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10 JDK 7 Features to Revisit, Before You Welcome Java 8

It’s been almost a month Java 8 is released and I am sure all of you are exploring new features…

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How to do Continuous Integration with Java 8, NetBeans Platform 8, Jenkins, Jacoco and Sonar

Intro Java 8 is there, the promised revolution is finally released, and I am sure that a lot of you…

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New BigInteger Methods in Java 8

Attention to new features in JDK 8 has rightfully been largely focused on new language features and syntax. However, there…

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Oracle Drops Collection Literals in JDK 8

In a posting on the OpenJDK JEP 186 Oracle’s Brian Goetz informs that Oracle will not be pursuing collection literals…

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15 Must Read Java 8 Tutorials

Java 8 was released last month and is just chock-full of new features and behind-the-scenes optimizations. The internet has been…

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