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.

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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