Java & Eclipse


Microsoft Announces Built-in Support for Lombok in VS Code for Java

The latest update to Microsoft's popular Visual Studio Code for Java includes new built-in support for the Lombok Java library tool, as well as some fundamental user experience improvements.

New Getting Started Experience for Azure Java Tooling on IntelliJ

The team behind Microsoft's Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ, available in the JetBrains Marketplace, announced a new "getting started" experience that promises to get devs ups and running with their first deployment within a few minutes.

Microsoft Releases Java on VS Code Spring Boot App Dev Extension Pack

Microsoft announces the availability of VS Code Spring Boot Application Development Extension Pack, available now in the Visual Studio Code Marketplace.

Microsoft Updates Azure Toolkit for Java IntelliJ IDE

Microsoft announces an update to it's Java on Azure Tooling that introduces a new application-centric view for the Azure toolkit for the popular IntelliJ IDE.

Eclipse Foundation and the Adoptium Working Group Launch the Adoptium Marketplace

The Eclipse Foundation and the Adoptium Working Group announce The Adoptium Marketplace, a new marketplace for Java SE TCK-certified and AQAvit quality-tested binaries.

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Microsoft Promotes IntelliJ for Azure

Microsoft launches a new blog series focused on its Azure Toolkit for the IntelliJ IDEA integrated development environment.

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MSFT OpenJDK for Azure App Service

The Microsoft Build of OpenJDK comes to its Azure App Service, bringing with it new support for Java 17 and Tomcat 10.0.

Microsoft Partners with vFunction on New Java Refactoring Service

Makers of the vFunction cloud modernization platform are partnering with the Microsoft Industry Solutions group on a new Java Refactoring Service.

What's New in Latest Spring Cloud Azure Release?

A major update of Spring Cloud Azure, the open-source project that integrates the Spring framework for modular Java app development with Microsoft's Azure cloud services, is now generally available.

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What's New in JDK 18?

The latest update of the Java Development Kit (JDK 18), goes GA next week, and though it’s not a Long-Term Support release, there's a lot to look forward to in this update.  

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Apache Tika 2.3 Released

The maintainers of Apache Tika, the open-source, Java-based content detection and analysis framework, announce the release of Tika 2.3.0.

Public Preview of Azure Spring Cloud Enterprise Now Available

Azure Spring Cloud Enterprise, the fully-managed, enterprise-ready service for the Spring framework developed jointly by VMware and Microsoft, is now available in a public preview.

Contrast Security Partners with GitHub to Deliver 'Pipeline-Native' Security to Developers

Cybersecurity solutions provider Contrast Security unveils four new GitHub Actions aimed at making the process of automating security testing within native pipelines more accessible to developers.

MicroProfile 5.0 Released with Updated Jakarta EE 9.1 Dependencies

The latest release of the Eclipse Foundation's MicroProfile, MicroProfile 5.0, aligns with every specification in the latest version of the foundation's enterprise Java spec, Jakarta EE 9.1.

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Apache Groovy 4 Adds Support for New Java Features

The Apache Software Foundation's Groovy team has announced the release of Groovy 4.0.0, the latest version of the open source, general-purpose programming language for the Java Virtual Machine.

New CodeLogic Plugin Shows App Code Dependencies Inside IntelliJ IDEA

CodeLogic has a new plugin for the IntelliJ IDEA integrated development environment that allows devs to view real-time app code dependency intelligence within the popular code-centric Java IDE.

Java on VS Code 2022 Roadmap Includes Wider Path to Cloud Native

Microsoft plans to emphasize cloud native development in 2022 as it adds features and expands the capabilities of its popular Visual Studio Code for Java source code editor.

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Companies Facing FTC Legal Action Over Log4j Breaches

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission intends to use its "full legal authority to pursue companies that fail to take reasonable steps to protect consumer data from exposure as a result of the Log4j vulnerability," the commission warned.

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Log4j Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Likely to Affect Millions

A critical-remote code execution vulnerability in the widely used Log4j open-source Java logging library, "has given cybercriminals the perfect attack campaign on a silver platter."

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Latest Release of the GraalVM Includes Support for Java 17

GraalVM 21.3 is the last release of the year. It leaves 2021 with some long-awaited features, a host of bug fixes, and support for Java 17.