This installment of the Open source Java projects series introduces Vert.x with two hands-on examples based on the newly released Vert.x 2.0: First, build a simple Vert.x web server, then discover ...

In this installment of Open source Java projects, Jeff Friesen introduces you to JFXtras, utilities and add-ons that fill in useful features that are absent in JavaFX 1.0. JavaFX 1.0 is missing a ...

On May 23, 1995, a seemingly modest programming language called Java was released by Sun Microsystems. At the time, it ...

The goal of Project Leyden is to "address the long-term pain points of Java's slow startup time, slow time to peak performance, and large footprint." It wanted to get there "by introducing a ...

It's a familiar pattern for open source projects that have become the property of Oracle. It started with OpenSolaris and continued with OpenOffice.org. And this time, it's happening to Java ...

The new Microsoft tool for the Azure cloud aims to improve launch times for Java applications and thus reduce cloud costs.

GitHub has issued a security alert on Thursday warning about a new malware strain that's been spreading on its site via boobytrapped Java projects. The malware, which GitHub's security team has ...

In a video, Nicolai Parlog presents the plans for JDK projects in 2025, including Babylon, Loom and Leyden, and provides insights into upcoming developments. On the official Java YouTube channel ...

Allowing developers to list external dependencies in a simple XML file Resolving and downloading dependent libraries at build time Providing a set of commands that allow Java projects to be: Compiled ...

"Java 19 brings the first preview of virtual threads to the Java platform; This is the primary deliverable of Project Loom," Microsoft said in an Oct. 21 blog post. "Virtual threads are designed to ...