Java is one of the most mature and persistent development languages that exist. Recently it entered into a 6-month release schedule which enabled to deliver more frequent updates to the language. One ...

Reflection was essential to the advanced Java toolkit for years. Now it's being superseded by newer, safer options. Here's how to use MethodHandle and VarHandle to gain programmatic access to methods ...

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Kotlin offers big advantages over Java for JVM and Android development, and plays nicely with Java in the same projects. Kotlin is a general purpose, free, open source, statically typed “pragmatic” ...

Neverwinter Nights is a Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game developed by Bioware. In addition to a substantial single-player campaign, Neverwinter Nights also includes powerful multiplayer server and ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...

The genome-wide distribution of histone modifications influences cellular processes that involve access to the DNA. How cells establish and maintain these patterns is currently under debate.

Uncle Bob told us that good architecture is focused on the use cases and not on details like frameworks, tools and so on. Following the "screaming architecture" rule I tried to focus on domain aspects ...