JVM is awesome! Many people that bash Java make the mistake of mixing up the Java language and the Java platform. Sure, the Java language is verbose; it lacks closures, mixins, etc. But the JVM is freaking awesome. It’s blazing fast, it…

Once upon a time, Java – arguably the “Dinosaur” of the coding world – was the dominant force in programming. A person needed to approach software and webpage development with the mind of an engineer and the ability to think in complex, yet highly…