Skinning in Java8 (JavaFX8)

There has been some changes in JavaFX8 regarding skinning, the most relevants of which are the new CSS API that…

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A conversational guide for JDK8’s lambdas – a glossary of terms

Last advent…I wrote a post related to the new treats that JDK8 has for us. Most probably the feature that…

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A Lesser-Known Java 8 Feature: Generalized Target-Type Inference

Going through the list of Java 8 features, Generalized Target-Type Inference struck me as a particularly interesting, lesser-known gem. It…

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Does Java 8 Still Need LINQ? Or is it Better than LINQ?

LINQ was one of the best things that happened to the .NET software engineering ecosystem in a long time. With…

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Java8

Java8 isn’t scheduled for for release until March 2014, but early release versions have been available for a while. Some…

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instanceof operator and Visitor pattern replacement in Java 8

I had a dream where instanceof operator and downcasting were no longer needed but without clumsiness and verbosity of visitor…

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What’s new in Java 8 (Part II – What might come)

Disclaimer: I do not work for Oracle or represent Oracle in any way. This list of features is not official.…

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Deep dive into Optional class API in Java 8

We all as Java programmers been through the situation where in we invoke a method to get some value and…

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What’s new in Java 8 (Part I – JavaFX)

Disclaimer: I do not work for Oracle or represent Oracle in any way. This list of features is not official.…

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