The JDK is the development platform for building Java applications. Learn about different JDK versions, then install a JDK in your development environment and use it to compile a Java program.

The Java Runtime Environment spawns a JVM, which is a software layer that runs on top of a computer’s operating system, providing additional services specific to Java. Figure 1 illustrates this ...

In Real-World Java®: Helping You Navigate the Java Ecosystem, a team of veteran Java developers delivers a concise and authoritative discussion of the most common frameworks, tools, and ...

As software development teams get larger, application packaging and deployment tasks become much harder. Handwritten scripts and low-level JDK utility calls just don't scale as teams grow, which is ...

A look at some of the best integrated development environments (IDEs) and code editors for Java software developers. Learn more.

According to Statista, more than 30% of the world’s developers used Java in 2023, and some of the largest companies in the world continue to use Java for software development.

Fortunately, there are plenty of both to go around for the Linux user looking for a Java-based development environment. In my last article, I raved about one such program, called Jedit. Jedit ...

Here are a few of the most evident global trends and technological events in Java that, in combination, will inform expectations for the Java software development industry in 2023.

The Java Runtime Environment (JRE), also known as Java Runtime, is the part of the Java Development Kit that contains and orchestrates the set of tools and minimum requirements for executing a Java ...