Method and variable handles vs. Java reflection To truly understand MethodHandles and VarHandles —what they do and why they are useful—it’s helpful to know a few things about reflection in Java.

This post explains how to use variables in Java. Learn the primitive types (and what that means) and just why variables are so important for any coding!

Java applications evaluate expressions in the context of statements, which are used for tasks such as declaring a variable, making a decision, or iterating over statements. We can write either ...

Ever wonder why Java's const keyword is unimplemented? More specifically, why do we mark global constants in Java with both the static and final keywords? Why are Java constants static and final? The ...