Recent developments around the Java platform and programming language follow a familiar pattern: incremental technical progress paired with broader strategic repositioning. Together, these changes ...

VARBusiness:How has your original vision for Java changed or evolved over the years? Any big surprises? A: The thing that's hard about that question is that there are just so many interesting things.

Early on, Java security focused on resisting executable content threats — security risks caused by malicious or poorly programmed code. In this series’s previous articles, we saw how Java security ...

Unfortunately this has two problems: 1) the Java platform principle of “write once-run anywhere” is violated, and 2) Internet appliances and embedded devices have a very wide range of functional needs ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. One of the Java platform’s enduring strengths has always been its ecosystem. Since the early ...

Exploring puzzling code to figure out why it doesn’t do what seems obvious is one way to improve your programming skills. In this post, I introduce you to various Java-oriented puzzlers from Jens ...

Oracle’s Java 26 advances AI readiness, security, and performance while maintaining enterprise stability, reflecting a ...