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Java SE Town Discussions (6)
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Java 8 Resources to help you learn (thanks to Mattias Karlsson)Guess you know about all the resources and video cast Oracle providedat the Java 8 Launch site:http://www.oracle.com/events/us/en/java8/ind… Started by Michael Levin |
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Mar 29, 2014 Reply by Michael Levin |
Josh Bloch on Java and ProgrammingIn this interview, Google’s Josh Bloch shares his views on the open-source Java landscape as well as on the future of the Java language, in… Started by Michael Levin |
0 | Dec 21, 2010 |
JCertif is on! Rockin' in the Congo...JCertif is one of the first Java related conferences in the Republic of Congo, Brazzaville. Sponsored by AfricaJUG, CongoJUG, Oracle and… Started by Michael Levin |
0 | Aug 25, 2010 |
Java - Where to BeginI'm looking for suggestions on how I can get myself up to a reasonable level of competence in Java. What would you recommend? I'm open to… Started by Michael Levin |
0 | Nov 14, 2009 |
JSR Watch: Here’s to ProgressHere's an update from the Chair of the JCP and director of the JCP Program office: Patrick Curran http://java.ulitzer.com/node/965152 JS… Started by Michael Levin |
0 | May 19, 2009 |
Concurrent ProgrammingAre you doing much concurrent programming? I attended some of the concurrency talks at the NFJS conference and I'm using a mix of the old s… Started by Matt Weber |
0 | Aug 31, 2008 |
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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InfoQ Reading List
QCon London 2026: Morgan Stanley Rethinks Its API Program for the MCP Era
Morgan Stanley engineers Jim Gough and Andreea Niculcea showed how they're retooling the bank's API program for AI agents using MCP and FINOS CALM. Live demos covered compliance guardrails, deployment gates, and zero-downtime rollouts across 100+ APIs. First API deployment shrank from two years to two weeks. They also demoed Google's A2A protocol running alongside MCP.
By Steef-Jan WiggersQCon London 2026: Spritely: Infrastructure for the Future of the Internet
Christine Lemmer-Webber, Executive Director at the Spritely Institute, and David Thompson, CTO at the Spritely Institute, presented “Spritely: Infrastructure for the Future of the Internet” at QCon London 2026, where they discussed how Spritely works to decentralize the Internet with new foundational technologies that put users in control.
By Michael RedlichHow to Shape the Engineering Culture in Software Companies
You can find your way through an organization by figuring out what artifacts people leave behind, David Grizzanti mentioned at InfoQ Dev Summit Boston. He compared culture to anthropology, suggested studying behaviors, power dynamics, and decisions first, and then patiently model and reward new norms, build allies, and use influence and leading by example, to shift engineering culture over time.
By Ben LindersQCon London 2026: Refreshing Stale Code Intelligence
At QCon London 2026, Jeff Smith discussed the growing mismatch between AI coding models and real-world software development. While AI tools are enabling developers to generate code faster than ever, Smith argued that the models themselves are increasingly “stale” because they lack the repository-specific knowledge required to produce production-ready contributions.
By Daniel DominguezAI Model Discovers 22 Firefox Vulnerabilities in Two Weeks
Claude Opus 4.6 discovered 22 Firefox vulnerabilities in two weeks, including 14 high-severity bugs, as nearly 20% of all critical Firefox vulnerabilities were fixed in 2025. The AI also wrote working exploits for two bugs, demonstrating emerging capabilities that give defenders a temporary advantage but signal an accelerating arms race in cybersecurity.
By Steef-Jan Wiggers
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