The 30th anniversary of Java, being celebrated this year, offers a perfect opportunity to reflect on the remarkable changes ...

In his article “Comparing Java Implementations for Linux”, Michael Hirsch (LJ August 2000) searches for “a programming language with the elegance of Java and the efficiency of C”.This language already ...

Sun Microsystems is counting on the ubiquitous nature of Java to help its JavaFX technology compete in the rich Internet application (RIA) space against rivals Adobe Systems and Microsoft. A ...

Those are reasonable questions to ask, because Java literally can do everything. Just because something can, however, does not mean that it should. I have always been a fan of using the right language ...

This week Jonathan Bennett and Jeff Massie chat with Max Rydahl Andersen about JBang, the cross-platform tool to run Java as a system scripting language. That’s a bit harder than it sounds, p… ...

The Java platform’s maturity is driving the emergence of embedded BI reporting tools that infuse applications with critical reporting. These embedded tools take advantage of Java’s security ...