Java is a popular programming language that every programmer should learn. This article explains much of what you need to know.

Lambda expressions are the biggest features integrated into Java 8. This functional programming paradigm was, until now, missing from Java.

Java’s collections like arrays and lists are foundational building blocks. Functional programming techniques are at times the ideal way to work with these collections.

However, Java 13 does also bring dynamic class-data sharing archives, memory improvements, and a new implementation of the Java sockets application programming interface.