Nataliia DziubenkoI won’t let Java confuse you #5: let’s talk lambdasLambdas are interesting structures. What are they exactly? And why can’t we use non-final local variables in lambda bodies?Jun 30Jun 30
Nataliia DziubenkoI won’t let Java confuse you #4: unreachable statementsDo you think Java consistently rejects all unreachable code? Well…May 9May 9
Nataliia DziubenkoI won’t let Java confuse you #3: wideningWelcome to the fourth episode of our Java-unconfusing series, where we look at some basic concepts in Java (in fact, it applies to many…May 1May 1
Nataliia DziubenkoI won’t let Java confuse you #2: expressionsWelcome to the third episode of the Java-unconfusing series, where we talk about the things that look innocent, while the results seem…Mar 25Mar 25
Nataliia DziubenkoI won’t let Java confuse you #0: incrementSometimes the code that seems really clear can turn out to be quite deceiving, even in some really basic concepts. In these situations…Mar 6Mar 6
Nataliia DziubenkoThe Hidden Dynamic Life of JavaThis article is an (elaborate) transcript of my talk, ‘The Hidden Dynamic Life of Java’, presented on J-Fall 2023.Nov 13, 20231Nov 13, 20231
Nataliia DziubenkoJava compiler-decompiler ping-pongThis small episode related to Java compilation seemed interesting and a bit funny to me, so I’m sharing it here and hope you enjoy it too!Oct 31, 2023Oct 31, 2023
Nataliia DziubenkoinBetter ProgrammingJava Invokedynamic: Bootstrapping an Alternative MethodThis experiment intends to demonstrate the power of invokedynamic instruction in JVM. Let’s redefine some bootstrapping logic!Sep 18, 20231Sep 18, 20231
Nataliia DziubenkoinBetter ProgrammingJava 21: So How Should We Construct Strings Now?Java 21 brings yet another way of constructing Strings. Is it good? Were the “old” ways good too? So what do we use now? Let’s look insideApr 156Apr 156