Apache announced this week the first release of Apache Sling, an open-source Web framework intended to make Java development fun again, according to a bulletin from the organization. Sling brings ...

An essential feature of that project is virtual threads, an efficient alternative to traditional Java threads. On a language design level, Valhalla is one of the most interesting things happening ...

The SourceForge.Net open-source project repository, for example, included as of this writing more than 1,400 multiplatform projects in Java that were classified as being aimed at developers and as ...

"When you think about big data and IoT, those things go hand-in-hand," Samocha told me. "And these open source projects are at the heart of big data. We were very happy to see that the open source ...

The OpenJDK community is developing a number of long-term projects to modernize Java even further. Those to watch out for in 2024 are Panama, Valhalla, Galahad and Leyden.

Project Babylon and Loom. Project Babylon aims to extend Java to better support external programming models such as SQL, machine learning and GPU integration. In 2025, the team is focusing on ...