Here's how to make classes, fields, methods, constructors, and objects work together in your Java programs.

I wrote about the NetBeans hint "Overridable Method Call in Constructor" in the blog post Seven Indispensable NetBeans Java Hints . In this post, I look at why having an overridable method called ...

There is a reason why Java method modifiers exist. If you call public methods internally and don't understand why, your developers could face major class issues.

Developers who create a runnable Java class, be it for a ‘Hello World’ demonstration or to kick off a fully featured enterprise application, will enjoy the following technical benefits when using ...

However, they must contain a main method that can be launched, a requirement enforced by the Java compiler. This new feature allows developers to write programs without explicit class declarations.