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Back in the early days of Java, developers created applications using nothing more than notepad and the DOS command prompt. Thanks to the advent of IDEs, those days are gone forever. Short for ...

I think many Java developers would say that using Java collections is easy and that using generics can range from easy to difficult depending on what you’re doing. However, there is much in Java ...

At its customer conference in Florida, BEA Systems fills in the details on its upcoming WebLogic Platform 8.1, and hopes Java developers will do more than just listen. Martin LaMonica is a senior ...

Microsoft has announced general availability (GA) of the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK, the open-source version of the Java development kit (JDK). The release follows the April preview of the Microsoft ...

Programmers typically target a specific, long-term support release when they develop applications. That means for the past several years, most Java developers were limited to the Java 8 or Java 11 ...

Java’s recent security woes are not scaring off developers, who don’t see Java as any more vulnerable than any other platform. “There’s nothing fundamentally wrong with Java,” says Gonzalo Diethelm, ...

You're a coder already working with Java, so does it really matter if you are a Java certified developer? The answer is yes. The first and perhaps most compelling reason is that it makes a ...

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, ...

Simplified Java coding. Less garbage. Faster programs. Those are among the key features in the newly released Java 10, which arrived in developers’ hands only six months after the debut of Java 9 in ...