Java’s Apache Maven greatly simplified the development and deployment process. It achieves this result in the following ways: Allowing developers to list external dependencies in a simple XML file; ...

Project Valhalla and the projects that comprise it are still in design stages, but we are getting closer. Current activity indicates it won’t be long before value classes drop in a JDK preview.

Project Harmony aims to create version of Java desktop software with an open-source license--something Sun has resisted in the past. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...