One of the recurrent, valid criticisms of Java as a programming language is that it is wordy. You have to write a lot of code to get anything done. Lambda expressions relieve that problem for some ...

Don't be intimidated by the prospect of doing functional programming in Java. This step-by-step example will help you learn basic Java lambda syntax quickly and effectively.

Amazon Web Services announced that cloud developers can now use Java for writing Lambda functions, which provide event-driven functionality while taking care of needed compute resources.

End your tour of Java's essential language features with Java 8's method references, interface default and static methods, and three lesser known language updates, then preview new features coming ...

Instana now claims to be the only solution to provide automatic native tracing of all 4 languages on Lambda. Lambda expression, which adds closures and related features to the Java language to support ...

In the good old days, coders asking how to do X in C were told "this is how you do it." Now we say "wouldn't it be nice if we could," with a realistic chance of having it happen. As Java coders, we ...