Java is influenced by C and C++, so it has many similarities with those languages (and C#). One of the big advantages of Java is that it is “platform independent.” This means that code you ...

Java tutorial for beginners, part 2 In part 2 of our basics of programming in Java series we'll explore conditional statements, arrays and more!

Clock clock = Clock.systemDefaultZone(); Read more about Java 8 Date APIs here. 5. Annotations Annotations is already a part of Java, but the Java 8 release saw a change in how annotations work.