Tag: Java

January 19, 2023

JavaScript and Java both rank among developers’ most favorite and least favorite programming languages in JetBrains’ State of Developer Ecosystem 2022 report. The just-released report is based on a survey of more than 29,000 developers. The most favorite languages cited […]

January 12, 2023

Kotlin 1.8.0, an upgrade to the JetBrains-developed, statically typed language for multiplatform mobile, web, and native development, is now available as a production release. The new version introduces experimental functions for recursively copying or deleting directory content on the JVM. […]

December 28, 2022

You hear the word AI everywhere you go. It has influenced all spheres of life and all domains of business. No wonder AI is now capable of writing computer code. This is indeed bad news for developers, who may lose […]

November 14, 2022

When it comes to the programming language skills employers want most, HackerRank has found a handful of languages bunched at the top of the list, including Java, Python, and SQL. Demand for others, such as Go and TypeScript, is growing […]

November 2, 2022

Microsoft Build of OpenJDK, the company’s open source distribution of Java, has added an experimental feature to improve escape analysis compiler optimization results. With a patch and security update issued October 24 and dubbed the October 2022 PSU release, Microsoft […]

October 28, 2022

The Java virtual machine is a program whose purpose is to execute other programs. It’s a simple idea that also stands as one of our greatest examples of coding kung fu. The JVM upset the status quo for its time […]

October 21, 2022

Oracle is making the discovery capabilities in its cloud-hosted Java Management Service available free to all comers. Previously the capability was available only to users with an Oracle Java SE (Standard Edition) subscription or to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure users. Java […]

October 13, 2022

Natural language processing (NLP) is one of the most important frontiers in software. The basic idea—how to consume and generate human language effectively—has been an ongoing effort since the dawn of digital computing. The effort continues today, with machine learning […]

August 5, 2022

Apache Tomcat is a long-lived, open source Java servlet container that implements core Java enterprise (now Jakarta EE) specifications, including the Jakarta Servlet, Jakarta Server Pages, and Jakarta WebSocket specs.Tomcat was first released by the Apache Software Foundation in 1998, […]

July 26, 2022

The end is near for Java 7, a nearly 11-year-old release of standard Java. Oracle is set to discontinue extended support for the platform at the end of July 2022. With the cessation of official Extended Support, Java 7 goes […]

July 26, 2022

One of our biggest challenges as software developers is organizing our code so that it is easier to extend and maintain. The Command pattern helps us do that by encapsulating all the data required to perform an action into a […]

July 18, 2022

Among the most fascinating phenomena in software is the enduring prominence of Java. As both a language and a platform, Java has survived radical transformations in the technology landscape, and its own internal structure has altered along with it. How […]

July 15, 2022

Go 1.19, an update of the Google-developed programming language due in August, introduces a revised memory model and new types that make it easier to use atomic values. Now in a preview stage, Go 1.19 can be downloaded from go.dev. […]

June 2, 2022

Java is widely used and heavily relied on, to put it mildly. It is a major part of our software infrastructure. Despite having a weighty obligation to stability, the Java platform has managed to remain responsive to changing circumstances. The […]

April 5, 2022

The Internet of Things (IoT) will account for over 20 billion devices in just a few short years. These devices are either connected to the Internet or they are transmitting data wirelessly – through Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and near field communication […]

February 1, 2022

Programming languages are one of the most important tools in the DevOps arsenal. Choosing the right programming language or languages for your application is essential for succeeding at DevOps and achieving continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD). Given that there are hundreds […]

January 26, 2022

Looking to bolster the appeal of Visual Studio Code to Java developers, Microsoft has published a roadmap for bringing new Java-related capabilities to the code editor. Among the goals is making it easier to migrate to VS Code from other […]

December 16, 2021

Last weekend, the internet caught fire, and it is still unclear just how many developers with fire extinguishers will be needed to bring it under control. There was a set of first responders on the scene, however: largely unpaid maintainers […]

November 17, 2021

Virtual threads are being proposed for Java, in an effort to dramatically reduce the effort required to write, maintain, and observe high-throughput concurrent applications. A draft JDK Enhancement Proposal (JEP) from Oracle, filed this week, calls for a preview of […]

November 9, 2021

Looking to deepen its investment in Java, Microsoft has joined the Java Community Process (JCP), which guides the development of the Java platform. Microsoft on November 4 said it has signed the Java Specification Participation agreement, or JSPA. The JCP […]