Learn about the new Java 10 "var" type, and experiment using JShell with this hands-on tutorial on how to reduce boilerplate code using new type inference for local variables.

The biggest language change packaged with the Java 10 release, aka JDK 18.3, was the introduction of the inferred type. This addition, combined with the ability to use the long reserved Java ‘var’ ...

The "Understanding Java threads" series concludes by uncovering some of the loose ends of threading: thread groups, volatility, thread-local variables, timers, and thread death.

Professor Adam Cannon’s famed Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Java (COMS W1004) is one of Columbia’s most well-known CS courses, but we all want to know what a course is really ...