Did you ever wish your Java code could be dynamic like JavaServer Pages? That it could be modified and recompiled at runtime, with your application updating itself on the fly? This article shows ...

This is the Java compiler, and whether you use Maven, Gradle, the SpringSource IDE or Jenkins CI, it's this JDK tool that's used under the covers when Java source code gets compiled. But why does a ...

For those very rare occasions when an app's source code is all that's available, Wired details how to compile it yourself. Photo by artonice.

Learn how to use Java annotations to associate metadata with classes, methods, and other application elements in your Java programs.