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Minecraft Java edition code no longer obfuscated

Minecraft, created by Markus "Notch" Persson long before it became the most successful game of all time and a $2bn payday to Microsoft, was written in Java. Notch obfuscated the code to prevent others ...

Minecraft modding is about to change forever as Mojang announces huge Java Edition news

Mojang is ending the obfuscation of Minecraft Java Edition's code very soon, which will make it easier than ever to create ...
Silicon Canals

Codethink Achieves Positive Functional Safety Assessment to IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 Standards for the Eclipse Trustable Software Framework

Codethink announced that it has successfully achieved a positive and complete Functional Safety Assessment for the ...
InfoWorld

The top 4 JVM languages and why developers love them

The Java virtual machine provides a high-performance, universal runtime for a wealth of popular languages beyond just Java.

Developers Can Now Make Android Apps With Apple's Swift

The first preview release of the Swift SDK for Android was published this week, allowing developers to build Android apps in ...
IEEE

Interactive Cross-Language Pointer Analysis for Resolving Native Code in Java Programs

Abstract: Java offers the Java Native Interface (JNI), which allows programs running in the Java Virtual Machine to invoke and be manipulated by native applications and libraries written in other ...
InfoWorld

The JavaScript code won’t write itself

This month’s theme is: Keep an eye on the future but hone your coding craft in the now. Start here, with nine timeless JavaScript coding concepts, a look at Nitro.js—fast becoming the go-to server ...