Tobi Ajila explains the advances being made in Project Valhalla to improve Java's memory density by making it easy to create compact, cache efficient data structures.

The Java ecosystem is bursting with tools and frameworks for just about every programming need. Here are seven open source Java projects you don't want to miss.

Project Harmony aims to create version of Java desktop software with an open-source license--something Sun has resisted in the past.

The NetBeans Java development environment has achieved top-level project status at the Apache Software Foundation, a leading open source software project hosting organization.

Major features in Java 19 will make it easier for Java developers to build applications that interface with non-Java code, among other capabilities in the 10th edition of the platform’s six ...

Project Sumatra is further making it easier for developers and end users of programs written in Java to realize those potential performance gains.

Properly estimating a Java development project is both an art and a science. Since Java and the J2EE specification are built for enterprise-class solutions, it only makes sense to take an enterprise ...

A poll circulating among various developer groups is asking for a vote on whether Sun should make Java open source.

Developers can now use the manager to locate and download artifacts from Java.net projects via Maven, which makes it much simpler for Maven project to leverage Java.net project assets Java.net ...