New features like var, auto-compile, text blocks, record classes, and more are shifting Java in subtle but powerful ways—toward a more flexible, dynamic future.

Create packages, import packaged classes and interfaces into your programs, move packages, and encapsulate them in jar files.

Learning Java can help aspiring developers understand the foundations of programming because of the language’s wide usage and functionality.

He has led software development projects to build enterprise-class software applications and has extensive experience with Java and Perl. He is the author of several Java books, including one called ...