Java Magazine January/February 2017 Released!

What a great year 2017 is turning out to be. The very first Java Magazine of the year has been released and it's looking to be an amazing issue. This issue's main focus is on interesting tools for Java Developers.

Some of the contents of this issue include the following:

1. Polyglot Maven - The latest evolution of Maven that frees developers from creating build files in XML. 
2. Kobalt - A new build tool written in Kotlin and about the architecture of build tools in general and what goes on underneath the covers. 
3. Building ones own JVM debugging tools. A debugging API for the JVM is examined that enables one to extract information about running processes, view variables and classes, query counters, and get at details that one might need.
4. Discussion by Oracle's architect for the Java language, Brian Goetz, on lexical language changes supporting local-variable type inference. 
5. A deep dive into Scala, a mature, practical, and type-safe language for the JVM. 
6. Blockchain: Using cryptocurrency with Java - Integrating the Ethereum blockchain into Java apps using web3j. 
7. Java in Containers in the Cloud - Deploying Java apps in Docker containers using Oracle Application Container Cloud Service. 
8. As usual the highly regarded letter from the editor, letters to the editor, and upcoming Java conferences and events. 
9. A review of the Java Book, Core Java, Volume II (10th Edition) by Cay S. Horstmann. 
10. Details about the Chicago Java User Group. 
11. The code quiz along with their answers at the bottom. 

This is really an amazing issue so I hope you have fun reading it because I personally enjoyed it greatly.

To download the issue, please go to http://www.javamagazine.mozaicreader.com/JanFeb2017

Happy reading!