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Articles, online tutorials, and other technical resources on Java standards and technologies

Manipulate time in HTML5 2D games

Learn to add jumping with linear motion to your video game in this continuing series on HTML5 2D game development. More >

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The Java.next languages
This new developerWorks series by Neal Ford performs a deep comparison of three next-generation JVM languages: Groovy, Scala, and Clojure.
Functional thinking: Why functional programming is on the rise
Learn why you should learn functional paradigms now, even if you have no immediate plans to move to a functional language such as Scala or Clojure.
Lessons from the Agile trenches
Get the perspective from the trenches on the evolution of effective Agile development practices at a large enterprise.
Look-ahead Java deserialization
When Java serialization is used to exchange information between a client and a server, attackers can try to replace the legitimate serialized stream with malicious data. Understand the nature of this threat and learn a simple way to protect against it.
Continuous software delivery in the cloud
Take advantage of the OpenDelivery platform and leverage open source tools and configuration to create a platform for continuous software delivery in the cloud.
HTML5 2D game development: Implementing Sprite behaviors
Make your HTML5 2D video game more interesting by implementing the essence of any video game: sprite behaviors.
Functional thinking: Laziness, Part 2
Learn to derive a lazy list using Groovy's closures as building blocks, and then explore some of the performance and conceptual benefits of lazy evaluation, including the ability to initialize fields lazily in some languages.