It was never the sexiest language, but for decades Java has been a mainstay of modern technology, and it's going to be with us for years to come.

Learn More. When Sun Microsystems began looking at what needed to be added to the Java platform, high on the list was support for dynamic languages, according to Graham Hamilton, a Sun vice ...

June 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Java, the language that helped define modern enterprise computing. If you had told me ...

Sun has released a Java development kit that seeks to meld Java and scripting languages. Java Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6), released on Monday, is used to create Java programs that run on ...

Are Java and C++ slipping in popularity? One language index says they are, although both skill sets still are in demand for developer jobs. The Tiobe Index this month has both languages plunging ...

The current Java.net poll is showing some interesting early results. With the number of responses approaching 100 so far, the poll question How much of your JVM-based programming is in languages ...

On May 23, 1995, a seemingly modest programming language called Java was released by Sun Microsystems. At the time, it introduced the catchy promise of "write once, run anywhere" - a proposition ...

Python overtakes Java to become the second-most popular programming language Your email has been sent The November edition of TIOBE’s top programming languages list holds a surprise: For the ...

Python has surpassed Java as the top language used to introduce U.S. students to programming and computer science, according to a recent survey posted by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Sun Microsystems released on Monday a Java development kit that seeks to meld Java and scripting languages. The company released Java Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6), the software needed to create ...