Pop quiz: Do you know what annotation metadata is? If you’re like most coders, you don’t—and that has been okay, says Graeme Rocher, creator of Java application frameworks, including Grails. But in a ...

ROME—“We’re living in a golden age for developers,” Oracle’s Bob Quillin told the audience. “It’s quite the revolution, if you think about it. You can use the same technology that any large ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- When Java applets were the only cross-platform choice to add dynamic content to a webpage, companies quickly adopted the technology. When Flash players and JavaScript engines emerged ...

As a software developer, one of the most important decisions you make is what platform or language to focus on. The choice can depend on market conditions like the languages employers are looking for, ...

Java 8 introduced Java developers to functional programming with lambda expressions. This Java release effectively notified developers that it’s no longer sufficient to think about Java programming ...

Can you still use the Java programming language for free? What you need to know Your email has been sent There have been notable changes to the licensing and support for the tools Java developers use ...