Kotlin, the JVM-targeted programming language introduced last summer by development toolmaker JetBrains, is now open source.
EclipseSource has just unveiled RAP mobile, an alternative for developing apps in Java based on the Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform (RAP).
eXo, the French company best known for its GateIn-based enterprise Java portal, just released version 3.5 of its flagship eXo Platform.
Cloud9, makers of a Web-based integrated development environment (IDE) for Javascript and HTML 5 applications, was in the spotlight at this week's Node Summit because of its support of Microsoft's Azure cloud.
The open-source Node.js server-side JavaScript development environment was the spotlight of Microsoft's keynote presentation.
The Java Community Process (JCP) has approved a Java Specification Request (JSR) submitted by Oracle to create a Java API to process JavaScript Object Notation, the lightweight data-interchange format better known as JSON.
Oracle on Thursday announced the availability of the NetBeans 7.1 IDE, the first upgrade of the open source development environment since the 7.0 release in April.
Oracle has released software updates for Java Standard Edition 6 and 7.
Potix Corporation this week released ZK Pivottable 1.0, which it's billing as one of the "first true pivot tables" that can be embedded in Java Web applications.
Oracle WebLogic Server 12c is being billed as the corner stone of the company's Cloud Application Foundation and a core component of its Oracle Fusion Middleware product line.
Developer tools and solutions provider Telerik today launched a new front-end development framework for building applications and Web sites with HTML5 and JavaScript.
The fourth platform preview version of Internet Explorer 10 was released by Microsoft today.
In an effort to lend its Node.js expertise to VMware's Cloud Foundry project, cloud software and services provider Joyent has signed on to VMware's Community Leads program.
Hivetext Technologies announced this week that its Java-based Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) Jelastic will be supporting the Nginx Web server.
A beta version of Sencha's mobile cloud service, aimed at developers building shared applications, has been released.