You know what they say: CS is the new econ. It feels like everyone at Columbia has taken, is taking, or plans to take at least one computer science class during their time here. If you fall into the ...

Though Java already has a character type and char keyword to represent and manipulate characters, the language also requires a Character class for two reasons: Character c1 = new Character ('A'); ...

The prospect of diving into the world of computer science and programming can be overwhelming. There are seemingly a ton of coding languages, and it’s hard to decide where and how to begin. Not to ...

Adapting to industry shifts and student feedback, the computer science department has implemented various changes to its introductory courses, CS106 and CS107. This spring, a pilot version of CS106A, ...

The latest State of Java report from Azul Systems shows that the 30-year-old programming language has moved with the times and is being used for advanced applications like adding artificial ...

In the technical keynote address for JavaOne 2013, Mark Reinhold, chief architect for the Java Platform Group at Oracle, described lambda expressions as the single largest upgrade to the Java ...