The JDK is the development platform for building Java applications. Learn about different JDK versions, then install a JDK in your development environment and use it to compile a Java program.

There are several Sun JDK development tools, but one of my favorites is the jps tool (JVM Process Status Tool). This “experimental” tool lists the Java processes running on the target HotSpot JVM.

Software development tools that get out of the way. The importance of this seamless integration can't be understated. It's an approach ZeroTurnaround-- a seller of software development tools based in ...

WebGain, a three-year-old company spun off from Symantec, has laid off most of its 400 employees and has been trying to sell off its technology before shutting its doors.

Sun Microsystems this week released a new version of its Java software development tool with support for Web services. Sun previously released test versions of the tool and Web services technology.

The company releases JDeveloper 10g with a "framework" to simplify services-oriented Java development, in an effort to take market share from IBM and BEA Systems.

New Java development tools are now coming out almost weekly; and Third-party support, though still weak, is improving rapidly. Though great strides have been made in Java's short lifetime, significant ...

Java build tools. Just because code can be successfully merged into a Git repository without problems doesn't mean it can compile. After every merge, a compilation should occur, and that means a ...

Opinion: The Eclipse Foundation is asking IBM to scale back its support as IBM promotes its Jazz collaborative software engineering technology. But the two are not related. Or are they?

TogetherSoft executives plan to purchase the family of software programming tools, called WebGain Studio, which includes the popular Visual Caf? Java tool. WebGain sells Java development tool - CNET ...