Marking a watershed moment for Java programmers, Oracle today is releasing JDK (Java Development Kit) 8, accommodating lambda expressions and representing a shift in how developers approach the ...

With developers ready to move from building Java Development Kit (JDK) 8 to JDK 9, Oracle’s chief Java executive proposes to restrict merges between the two code lines. In an email posted to an ...

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Ruth Linehan explains how migrating high-performance caching services from Kotlin to Rust shattered internal ...

A majority of Java developers are using Java 8 or lower. This is based on a newly released report that revealed 79 percent of developers are using Java 8, 9 percent are using Java 7 and 3 percent are ...

The Java SE 8 launch is nearly here (due March 18), but how many developers are really ready to upgrade? Quite a few, if the results of a recent survey are any indication. Typesafe, the chief ...

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 ...