Igor De Souza

Table of Contents (“In a galaxy far, far away…”)The Myth: “Java is Too Hard for Beginners”Java: The Jedi Order of ProgrammingThe Real Dark Side: The Empire of Bad LearningWhy Java Feels Like the Jedi Code (But Isn’t Hard)Training Like a …

Table of Contents The reputation didn’t come out of nowhere.Modern Java: What Actually Changed?1. Garbage Collection Is Not What It Used to Be2. Threads Got Lighter (Much Lighter)3. Java Objects Are Literally Getting Smaller4. The JVM Learned to Share (CDS)5. …

Table of Contents Inspired by a Great Idea from James WardMeet education.foojay.socialThe Catalog Is Only as Good as the Community Makes ItWhat’s NextA few weeks ago, Igor De Souza shared Bringing Java Closer to Education: A Community-Driven Initiative here on …

Table of Contents Java 25 – Compact Source Files and Instance Main Methods (JEP 512)Java 25 – Flexible Constructor Bodies (JEP 513)30 Years of Pokémon. Decades of Java Evolution.LinksLinks Happy 30th Anniversary to Pokémon! 🎉 February 27, 2026 marks exactly …

Table of Contents The Triforce of Performance Improvements in Java 25From 8-Bit to Open World – A Parallel Journey Java Has Leveled Up (Evolved) Happy 40th Anniversary to The Legend of Zelda! 🎉🗡️ Today, February 21, 2026, marks exactly 40 …

Table of Contents The role of this GitHub repositoryWhy Java in Education MattersA Major Milestone: Java in CoderDojoCommunity Content vs. Official Raspberry Pi Foundation MaterialImpact on Raspberry Pi, Pi4J, and the Java EcosystemThe Challenge with the Raspberry Pi FoundationConnecting Existing …

Table of Contents YouTubePodcast AppsContentWhat if the future of Java depends on who we invite to learn it today? In this Foojay Podcast, we’re diving into something that affects all of us in the Java community: How can we inspire …

Did you know? The Quarkus Clubd initiative started less than a year ago and is already one of the biggest groups in the world dedicated to Quarkus!

Let’s talk to volunteers from different organizations where coding is used to inspire children to become engineers.