Java & Eclipse


Oracle Announces Java 17 Long-Term Support Release and Shorter LTS Release Cadence

Oracle announced the general availability of JDK 17 this week, the second Long-Term Support release since JDK 11.

Will Microsoft's Ongoing Push Draw Java Developers to Azure?

Redmond has been promoting Java to its developer community for a while now, but it recently began pumping up its Java push on several fronts, including promoting new guidance for devs using the popular programming language on its Azure cloud computing platform.

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MicroEJ Open Sources Kifaru JavaScript Framework for Embedded Development

Embedded and IoT solutions provider MicroEJ releases its MICROEJ Kifaru JavaScript framework for embedded development to open source.

Oracle Adds Java Management Service to its Cloud Infrastructure Services Lineup

Oracle's new Java Management Service (JMS) is a cloud native infrastructure service for the management of Java runtimes and applications, both on-premises and in the cloud.

Survey Says: Enterprises Are Turning to Open Source for IoT and Edge Computing

The Eclipse Foundation has released the results of its "2021 IoT and Edge Commercial Adoption Survey," which analyzed responses from hundreds of executives at enterprises implementing IoT and edge computing solutions.

Microsoft and IBM Collaborate on WebSphere Java EE App Server Solution

IBM and Microsoft announce the availability of a jointly developed solution for running the network deployment of IBM's WebSphere Application Server (WAS) on Azure Linux-based virtual machines (VMs).

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Eclipse Jakarta EE 9.1 First Incremental Release Since 'Big Bang'

The Eclipse Foundation's Jakarta EE Working Group announced the release of the Jakarta EE 9.1 Platform and Web Profile specifications and related TCKs this week.

Java on VS Code Update Enhances Debugger and Test Runner

The latest update of Java on Visual Studio Code is focused on improving the code editor's debugging and testing features.

Kotlin 1.5 Release Includes Long-Awaited JVM IR Compiler

JetBrains announcs the first Kotlin feature release of the year, Kotlin 1.5.0, which comes with a host of stable new features, including JVM records, sealed interfaces, inline classes, and the new default JVM IR compiler.

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Eclipse Edge Native Working Group Releases ioFog 2.0 for True "EdgeOps"

The Eclipse Foundation's Native Working Group announces the release of Eclipse ioFog 2.0, an open-source solution for deploying and orchestrating containerized cloud applications to the Edge.

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Micronaut Blueprint for JHipster Update

Object Computing announces the 1.0.0 release of the Micronaut Blueprint for JHipster, dubbed "MHipster," for Java developers, helping them deploy their applications to production quickly.

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Red Hat Extension Add New Features to Java for Visual Studio Code

Red Hat adds new functionality to Java for Visual Studio Code via a new language support extension.

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Latest Release of the GraalVM Comes with Experimental JDK 16 Binaries

An update of the GraalVM high-performance Java environment, GraalVM 21.1, is now available, introduces new experimental binaries based on JDK 16.0.1.

JetBrains Updates Java IDEs, Launches 'Code with Me'

Software development toolmaker JetBrains announces updates of its popular IntelliJ IDEA integrated development environment (IDE), its RubyMine IDE for Ruby on Rails (RoR), and a new coding collaboration service.

Supreme Court Sides with Google in Landmark Software Copyright Case Over Java APIs

SCOTUS rules that Google did not commit copyright infringement when it used 37 Java APIs in its Android OS without Oracle's permission.

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Eclipse Jetty 11 Lays the Foundation for Cloud Native Java

The Eclipse Foundation announced the release of the Eclipse Jetty 11 Java web server and servlet container, which is fully compatible with the Jakarta EE 9 Servlet specifications.

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Java in VS Code Devs Get a New Welcome Page with Features Tour

The team supporting developers using the Java in Visual Studio Code editor has added a new Welcome Page to its support website that includes a new tour of important features.

Java 16 Goes GA on March 16 Includes 17 Enhancements

The general availability release of Java 16, set for March 16, comes with a long list of new features.

Microsoft Updates Java for Azure Spring Cloud

Microsoft continued to beef up its support for Java developers in both the cloud and its popular, open source, cross-platform code editor, Visual Studio Code (VS Code) with new updates to Azure Spring Cloud.

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Netflix Open Sources GraphQL for Spring Boot

Netflix has open sourced its Domain Graph Service (DGS) framework for standalone and federated GraphQL services.