Both Java and Ruby have relatively sophisticated exception handling built-in to the respective languages. Their exception handling techniques have many similarities, but also have some differences in ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Handling Java exceptions can be tricky. Which Java exceptions should you catch, and which ...

Even though exception handling is common and every introductory Java course covers it, I still don't think we really know how to do it well. It is almost as if the general concept is still evolving ...

I recently wrote that the chapter in Effective Java devoted to exception handling has been one of the most influential software development chapters I have read. The value of this chapter was ...

Every time software runs, there's a potential for an error to occur that could grind the application to a halt. The Java programming language provides a number of ...