Most new Java developers quickly learn that they should generally compare Java Strings using String.equals(Object) rather than using ==. This is emphasized and reinforced to new developers repeatedly ...

When I was writing code regularly in both C++ and Java in the early days of Java, I often missed Java’s (at the time) lack of an enum. Fortunately, when Java finally got its enum, it was worth the ...

I learned a lot from Art Boyd, the first boss I had as a programmer -- sometimes at loud volumes, I admit, but always stuff worth learning. At one point, for example, he called me into his office to ...