When a Java program is executed, one or more class loaders locate and load all the classes that are needed to run the program.

The JDK is the development platform for building Java applications. Learn about different JDK versions, then install a JDK in your development environment and use it to compile a Java program.

Most programs work correctly for most execution paths, so defects will generally occur only on unusual or lightly-exercised paths.

Runtime errors occur when something goes wrong in the normal execution of a program. When severe enough, these errors abruptly terminate an application. To help programmers both anticipate and recover ...

From Java 7 onward, special constructs were introduced that made it easier for peripheral programming languages, such as Groovy, Clojure, Scala or Kotlin, to run on a JVM, compile source code into ...