"Project Peabody" adds two licenses that make it easier for outsiders to see the code. But Sun stops short of embracing open source. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

Source code for the Java Development Kit (JDK) would be redone in UTF-8 (Unicode Transformation Format) to facilitate better-defined encoding, under a plan afoot in the OpenJDK Java community. The ...

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Oracle announced a language server tool for Java developers using Visual Studio Code to provide language-specific "smarts" in the super-popular, open source-based, cross-platform code editor. The new ...

The company's top software executive calls IBM's proposal to make Java open source "weird" and says it would encourage incompatible standards. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech ...

The latest update to Microsoft's popular Visual Studio Code (VS Code) for Java source code editor includes new built-in support for the Lombok Java library tool, as well as some fundamental user ...

Mojang is ending the obfuscation of Minecraft Java Edition's code very soon, which will make it easier than ever to create ...

Java programming for Apple’s iOS devices is not only possible but it’s getting easier all the time. Steve Hannah surveys the recent evolution of the Java iOS landscape, then introduces five open ...

Microsoft announced Spring Boot improvements in the latest update to Java on Visual Studio Code tooling. That tooling comes in the Spring Boot Extension Pack in the Visual Studio Code Marketplace, ...

In the coming year, Microsoft plans to emphasize cloud native development as it adds features and expands the capabilities of its popular Visual Studio Code for Java source code editor. "With Visual ...

TypeScript is growing in popularity as the programming language of choice for both front-end and back-end developers. With TypeScript, developers can fully wield the power of the principles and ...

Mojang Studios has announced that it's removing obfuscation from Minecraft: Java Edition's code, which will make it much easier for developers to mod the game.