The most recent LTS release is Java 11, with forthcoming Java 17 also expected to be an LTS version. Do you have to pay to use Java? No, not unless you want long-term support from Oracle.

Otherwise, your brain might still suspect that you're willing to try writing XML just to compile a single-file, <200 line Java program and try to end its own existence before being forced to comply.) ...

Oracle has announced the availability of Java 19 and Oracle JDK 19 for developers, the latest versions of what is arguably the world's most popular programming language. JDK (Java Development Kit ...

Java 8 introduced Java developers to functional programming with lambda expressions. This Java release effectively notified developers that it’s no longer sufficient to think about Java ...

Java 11 is getting long in the tooth, so many developers are moving to the next oldest version that's still supported, Java 17. Here's what's different.

The programming language in most demand, according to the data analysed by Coding Dojo, is Java. Widely used in Android mobile apps, desktop applications, smart TVs and elsewhere, the Java ...

I launched my Java programming career as an instructor. I was a self-taught programmer when an IT college hired me to share the techniques I used to teach myself Java. My first job in IT was as a ...

This tutorial is an introduction to socket programming in Java, starting with a simple client-server example demonstrating the basic features of Java I/O. You’ll be introduced to both the ...

Twenty-year-old Java, despite being long in the tooth, is still the most popular programming language for developing enterprise applications. The TIOBE index, which is one measure of the popularity of ...

In the U.S., Java was still a popular nickname for coffee in the late 1990s when the computer programming language was developed, said Georges Saab, the vice president of development for Java at ...