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Interview: PMD Code Analyzer for NetBeans IDE http://netbeans.dzone.com/articles/searching-text-and-editing http://www.dzone.com/links/r/collection_of_netbeans_resources_by_nebrass_lamou.html 5 Hints for NetBeans Newbies (Part 1) Business Process Modeling in NetBeans IDE David Heffelfinger: My Five Favourite NetBeans IDE Features! Interview with Authors of "NetBeans Platform for Beginners" (Part 2) Lou Dasaro: My Five Favourite NetBeans IDE Features! Why NetBeans IDE is Great for Teaching Java (Part 5)

This excellent article from Zeroturnaround about how Java 8 could transform your code base has finally got me intrigued about Java 8. At work we use Java 6 everywhere and that was a struggle to get them to upgrade to that, luckily they have made noises about maybe moving to Java 7 this or next year. Some guys that are thinking of getting Java certification are going for the Java 6 route, whereas I am more interested in how the new Java 7 features can help us. But even Java 7 isn't new. Companies move a lot slower to adopt new versions of Java perhaps. http://zeroturnaround.com/rebellabs/what-migrating-to-java-8-will-do-to-your-codebase-a-practical-example/ IMHO, Java 8 looks set to revolutionise Java. JavaOne 2013 Roundup: Java 8 is Revolutionary, Java is back

JVM Language Summit 2013

A really good detailed article about JVM internals: http://www.cubrid.org/blog/dev-platform/understanding-jvm-internals See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_bytecode http://www.javaworld.com/article/2077233/core-java/bytecode-basics.html http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se7/html/jvms-6.html artima.com: Inside the Java Virtual Machine

An excellent write up on Java features introduced in Java 1.4, Java 5 and later... JavaWorld: The essential Java language features tour, Part 1