In a recent blog, Gosling walked into the most recent dustup regarding Java and scripting languages. Although clearly biased toward Java, Gosling, now the chief technology officer at Sun’s Developer ...

How is Java made? Let’s take a look at the process for introducing new features to the platform, and at some of the big JDK enhancement projects on the horizon. Java is widely used and heavily relied ...

Oracle has announced the release of Java 22, which adds 12 new features to the language and aims to make the language more accessible to beginners. “The new enhancements in Java 22 enable more ...

Remember that big zero-day Java vulnerability the Department of Homeland Security was all worried about? Well, Oracle fixed it. Oh wait, no. That latest Java fix ...

Java was created over 25 years ago, and it is still one of the most popular programming languages. In this article, I will present an overview of how Java has grown to today's complex system and why ...

A group of 10 Java companies forms to lobby for greater awareness of tools in Java standards. Notably absent are Java tools heavyweights IBM and Borland. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...

Oracle’s head of Java security is promising the vendor will “fix” issues with the widely used programming language, as well as improve its outreach efforts to community members, following a spate of ...

Learn how to use lazy instantiation and eager instantiation in your Java programs. Which approach is better? It depends on the scenario. When instantiating Java objects that are expensive in terms of ...