End your tour of Java's essential language features with Java 8's method references, interface default and static methods, and three lesser known language updates, then preview new features coming ...

Java 8 seems to bring the lost glory of Java over the past few years. The new features will enable developers to write high quality code and help maintain its competitiveness among other ...

On Tuesday Oracle announced the release of a new version of its NetBeans IDE, 8.0, that takes advantage of the latest enhancements in Java SE 8, among other changes.

This is one of the major language features of Java 8, and because of its implementation, about the only one that is backward compatible to Android 2.3 Gingerbread.