I'm writing a Java implementation of a card game ... It's "correct," and it feels like the right practice, but it's not like the Zone API is ever going to be part of some public library.

The VZAP Java programming course is designed to teach ... where they put the theory into practice. In Module 5, which is stretched out over a 6-7-week period, students also must work in a team ...

Every programming language comes with a learning curve, but Java shares many similarities with C, C++ and JavaScript. Anyone with experience in any of those languages will pick up Java syntax quickly.

The Java programming language emerged roughly 25 years ago, when Smalltalk and C++ dominated. Back then it was easy to argue that the world didn't need another object-oriented programming language.