Using the Azul Zulu Docker Official Images: From Simple Pull to Lean Container
Previously in this series: Trusted Java Containers: Azul Zulu OpenJDK Joins Docker’s Official Images The Road to Docker Official Images for …
Java Core
UCanAccess: The Modern Pure-Java Bridge to Microsoft Access
Learn how to connect Java applications to Microsoft Access (.accdb/.mdb) using UCanAccess. A pure-Java, open-source JDBC driver for …
1,217 viewsFoojay Podcast #94: More Than a Blog: How Foojay Connects, Sustains, and Evolves the Java Community
Foojay.io, the website for the Friends Of OpenJDK, is turning six years old. To celebrate, Frank Delporte headed to JCON in Cologne, …
The Road to Docker Official Images for Java: The Azul Zulu Story
Previously in this series: Trusted Java Containers: Azul Zulu OpenJDK Joins Docker’s Official Images After more than two years of …
How to Use Java as a Scripting Language
Discover how Java has evolved into a powerful scripting language, eliminating boilerplate and enabling instant execution for automation …
Native Memory in Java: Arenas, Malloc, and Pools
Managing native memory in Java using the Foreign Function & Memory API, covering Arenas, manual allocation, pooling, and slicing
3,910 viewsFoojay Podcast #92: Java 26 Is Here: What's New, What's Gone, and Why It Matters in 2026
Welcome to another episode of the Foojay Podcast! In this episode, we're talking about Java 26, released on March 17 in the year 26. Again, …
I Benchmarked Java on Single-Board Computers: Orange Pi 5 Ultra and Raspberry Pi 5 Lead the Pack
In my "Java on Single Board Computers" series, I already published several posts and videos in which I unpack the board, connect it for the …
Gotta Code 'Em All: How Java Evolved Beyond Verbosity – Celebrating 30 Years of Pokémon
Happy 30th Anniversary to Pokémon! 🎉 February 27, 2026 marks exactly 30 years since the original Pokémon Red and Green launched in Japan on …
JVM timing options
For as long as I have been coding in Java, we have had requirements to measure the execution time of blocks of code. While the current good …