I think that Java: The Good Parts is probably best suited either for someone with basic familiarity with Java who wants to improve his or her ability to write maintainable Java code. It is ...

Java exception handling with stack traces, exception chaining, try-with-resources, final re-throw, and StackWalker.

A common software antipattern is to log and rethrow exceptions in Java. Here we explain why doing so will make troubleshooting errors harder.

An exception handler is code that stipulates what a program will do when an exceptional event disrupts the normal flow of the program. Learn more here.

Null pointer exception is an “exception” (error) that is particularly common when programming in Java. For a beginner, this is a confusing and daunting message to receive, but it can be just ...

Sun releases Java's source code under the GPL--except for some third-party chunks and the compatibility test kit. Video: Gosling on Sun's JavaFX ...