Java & Eclipse


JetBrains Plugs IntelliJ IDEA Into Big Data

Software development toolmaker JetBrains, creator of the Java dev fav IntelliJ IDEA, today unveiled the full public access preview of Big Data Tools, a new plugin designed to allow developers to work with Zeppelin notebooks, Spark applications, and S3 files from within that popular IDE.

Red Hat Advances Java on Kubernetes with Quarkus

Red Hat announced that its Quarkus Kubernetes-native Java framework is now fully supported in Red Hat Runtimes. The move advances Java on Kubernetes, the IBM subsidiary said in a statement, “bridging the gap between traditional Java applications and cloud-native environments.”

Gradle 6.4 Released with Support for Java Modules

The latest version of the Gradle open-source build automation tool, just announced, comes with a number of upgrades, bug fixes, and highly anticipated support for building and testing Java modules.

Microsoft Open Sources Java Language Extension for SQL Server

Microsoft has open sourced the Java language extension it added to SQL Server 2019 last year.

Proposed Project Addresses Long-Term Java Pain Points

A new project just proposed for consideration on the OpenJDK mailing list would address the "long-term pain points" of Java's slow startup time, slow time to peak performance and large footprint.

Oracle's Latest Critical Patch Update Includes 15 Fixes for Java SE

The latest Critical Patch Update (CPU) from Oracle, published today, addresses 397 security vulnerabilities across the company's product suite, including 15 patches for Java SE.

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA 2020.1 Released with Java 14 Support

Software development toolmaker JetBrains has released IntelliJ IDEA 2020.1, a major update of its flagship code-centric Java IDE.

Eclipse Releases Open Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code

The Eclipse Foundation has released Eclipse Theia 1.0, which it is promoting as "a true open source alternative" to Microsoft's lightweight Visual Studio Code (VS Code) source code editor.

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Quarkus 1.3 Kubernetes Java Framework Update Released

Quarkus 1.3 isn't a major release, but it comes with some important infrastructure tweaks and a list of bug fixes.

Java 14 Goes GA with Long List of JEPs

Oracle this week announced the general availability of the Java Standard Edition 14 Platform (Java SE 14) and its open-source reference implementation, the Java Development Kit 14 (JDK 14).

Open Source JavaFX 14 Arrives with Bug Fixes and a Few Enhancements

It's now available for download, just a week ahead of the release of Java 14 on March 17.

Apache NetBeans Update Adds JDK 14 Support, Java EE Features, New Dark Looks

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) announced the availability of NetBeans 11.3, the third update of the popular Java-based IDE in its recently implemented quarterly release cycle.

Sonatype Updates Lifecycle Tools with Intelligent JavaScript

Sonatype this week announced the availability of an enhanced suite of JavaScript intelligence capabilities designed to provide developers with improved accuracy, increased policy control and faster remediation of open source vulnerabilities.

Apache's Groovy Gets a New Parser

Apache Groovy 3.0, the latest version of the open source, general-purpose programming language for the Java platform, was released in mid-February with a number of new features and capabilities, chief among them a new parser.

Microsoft Updates Java Extensions for Visual Studio Code

Microsoft has released another update of its Java on Visual Studio Code, the package of extensions used by Redmond's lightweight source code editor to support Java coding, testing and debugging.

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Oracle Backed by 32 Briefs in Java Copyright Fight with Google

Google has its supporters, too, 26 of whom filed briefs in January.

Oracle Responds to Google's Appeal to the Supreme Court on Java Copyright

"Google has a problem," Oracle stated in its filing. "It committed an egregious act of plagiarism and now needs to rewrite copyright law to justify it. It cannot."

Auto Profiler for Production Java Apps Goes Beta

Application performance monitoring (APM) solutions provider Instana on Tuesday unveiled a new continuous production profiler for Java apps.

Java Compiler CheerpJ Adds Support for WebAssembly Runtime Modules

Leaning Technologies announced the second major release of its CheerpJ Java compiler for the Web this week.

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Javalin Framework for Kotlin and Java Updated

The latest release of Javalin, the lightweight Web framework for Kotlin and Java, is a minor, mostly bug-fix release, but the steady evolution and growing popularity of this open-source project are a kind of validation of this type minimalist framework.