In prior Java 101 articles, I referred to the concepts of redirection, standard input device, and standard output device. To demonstrate inputting data, several examples called System.in.read ...

Java Scanner vs Console for user input. The easiest way to garner input from the user in a Java program is through the Console class. But Java’s Console class has two big disadvantages: It does not ...

Implement a Java Scanner nextChar method. Naturally, all Java developers, after learning the Java Scanner class has no nextChar method, want to implement one of their own. It’s not that hard. By ...

Rob Griffiths explains how to disable Java in many popular OS X browsers, ... Close the Java security hole in many browsers. Editors' Notes By Rob Griffiths, MAY 20, 2009 2:42 am PDT.