The Open Mainframe Project has announces the Long Term Support (LTS) V3 release of Zowe, an open-source framework for mainframes, designed to enhance durability, stability, and security for mission-critical applications. The latest version strengthens Zowe’s integration with popular programming languages and tools, particularly through support for Java, positioning the framework as a key component in modernizing mainframe environments.
Google introduces PipelineDP4j, a differential privacy toolkit built for Java Virtual Machine (JVM) environments, with the goal of making privacy-preserving data analysis more accessible for developers.
The Java language and platform continues to be the backbone of many enterprise applications, and yet businesses are only scratching the surface of its cost-saving potential. That's the conclusion of a survey by BellSoft conducted during the annual Devoxx Belgium conference of more than 300 attendees.
The Eclipse Foundation announces the launch of the Open Regulatory Compliance Working Group (ORC WG), aimed at helping the global open-source community navigate increasingly complex regulatory landscapes.
Java Development Kit (JDK) 23 has reached the release candidate stage, marking its next step toward general availability on September 17, 2024. The upcoming non-LTS (Long Term Support) release, with only six months of official support from Oracle, finalizes a dozen new features designed to enhance Java’s functionality.
Java solutions vendor Azul releases findings from its first annual Oracle Alternatives Survey, which asserts that 86% of enterprises are migrating from Oracle Java.
The BMW Group officially joins the Eclipse Foundation’s Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) Working Group as a strategic member, enhancing global collaboration on open-source software for modern vehicles. The SDV Working Group aims to develop open-source technologies for automotive applications.
After seven years in development, the Eclipse Foundation's Theia IDE project is now generally available, emerging from beta to challenge Microsoft’s similar Visual Studio Code editor.
The TIOBE Index update for June 2024 revealed significant shifts in the programming landscape, with C++ surpassing C for the first time in history. But Java held its own in fourth place.
JetBrains officially launches "Aqua," the first IDE specifically designed for test automation. It's a revolutionary tool aimed at streamlining the testing process for software development teams.
Microsoft announces updates of its Java tooling in its Visual Studio Code extension and the Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ, showcasing a host of new features.
Red Hat announces the GA of Red Hat Developer Hub, an enterprise-grade internal developer platform (IDP) based on Backstage.
TIOBE Software names C# programming language of the year award.
The OpenJS Foundation announces Node.js 21, the latest release line of the open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment and library for running web applications outside the client's browser.
Dev toolmaker JetBrains has created a new IDE called RustRover designed specifically for the Rust system programming language.
Oracle announces new Java-based deployment tech, GraalOS, that uses the Oracle GraalVM Native Image to run apps as native machine executables to take advantage of the latest features of Arm and Intel processors on Oracle OCI.
VMware unveils a new the Spring AI project, which aims to streamline the development of Java apps that incorporate AI functionality.
Open-source Java platform provider Azul announces ReadyNow Orchestrator, a new feature of its Platform Prime designed to reduce warmup time for Java applications.
IBM is set to preview the 'Watsonx Code Assistant for Z,' which is designed to speed up the translation of COBOL to Java on the company's line of z/Architecture mainframes.
Microsoft recently announced the availability of its Reliable Web App Pattern for Java Tomcat--a potentially powerful move to attract more Java developers to its Azure cloud platform.