When Java applications are deployed, all of the files that constitute the Java app are compressed and packaged into a single file. While compressed files are typically given a .zip extension, the Java ...

File compression is a great way to reduce the overall sizes of files or a batch of files. This helps save space on storage devices and makes transferring files over the Internet easier and faster ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Your specific reasons to open a JAR file will determine the right JAR file opener for you to ...

My favorite use of Groovy continues to be for scripting in a Java development environment. In this blog post, I demonstrate a simple Groovy script for searching JARs recursively under a provided ...

JEP 238: Multi-Release JAR Files extends the JAR file format to allow multiple, Java-release-specific versions of class/resource files to coexist in the same archive. This upgrade makes it easier for ...