From Java 11 onwards, the free OpenJDK build and paid-for Oracle JDK build are “essentially identical”, with both including commercial features that used to be charged for, such as Java Flight ...

Java is not the language it used to be, and that is mostly a good thing. Here are eleven ways Java is evolving to meet the challenges of the future.

Clearly, in such “mixed language” applications the ability to use Java with ASM can be useful. Note that the technique shown here can also be used to call Java code from languages other than ASM.

The three most popular programming languages are Java, JavaScript and Python but a new survey from JetBrains has revealed that Java has retained its top spot among developers. To compile its new ...

Sun has released a Java development kit that seeks to meld Java and scripting languages. Java Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6), released on Monday, is used to create Java programs that run on ...

Java continues to dominate the developer landscape as the No. 1 programming language in use today. It remains atop the TIOBE Index. According to Simply Hired, since April 2009, Java jobs increased ...

In its 20 years, Java is used for building everything from mobile phone apps to video games to enterprise IT applications. The language is designed to run across multiple software platforms.

Some programming languages, such as Rust, Go, or TypeScript, are cool. Others, including Cobol and Java, are regarded as dull. However, while Java, which turned 30 on May 23, may not be the most ...