But if Java 8 follows the pattern of delays from Java 7, these slim pickings may be all the crumbs the Java community gets for another five years. This story, "What will Java 7 mean for you?" ...

Hopefully, Java 8 will be released as planned in late 2012 with all the stuff we’ve been waiting for. If so, I expect most shops will skip Java 7.

Java 10 is the first release on the new six-month schedule, and it builds incrementally on the significant new functionality that appeared in Java 9, which had a multiyear gestation period.

Oracle has announced the availability of Java 19 and Oracle JDK 19 for developers, the latest versions of what is arguably the world's most popular programming language. JDK (Java Development Kit ...

A Java compiler takes a text file and compiles it into a platform-independent Java file, meaning the compiled code can run on any OS. Learn how it works.

Now that Oracle has handed off the technology formerly known as Java Enterprise Edition to the Eclipse Foundation, and the resulting EE4J Project will be developing that technology rebranded as ...

Security experts take sides over Java patching Security experts are split over whether Apple’s decision to hand over Java to an Oracle-backed open-source project is a good deal for Mac users.

We conclude that we need to negotiate a license for Java under the terms we need." Oracle presented this e-mail as evidence that Google knew it needed a license to Java and did not obtain one.