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By John K. Waters
Application security tools provider Waratek has released a new version of its AppSecurity for Java platform that automatically modernizes the security capabilities of older Java apps with a simple RASP plug-in.
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By John K. Waters
Oracle's latest appeal for a new trial in its long-running copyright infringement lawsuit against Google has been denied, with a judge rejecting Oracle's claim that Google tainted a jury's verdict by hiding evidence.
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Google launched its push into mobile virtual reality, called Daydream, with a new SDK, updated developer site and invitations for select coders to get in on the action early.
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Talend, which for years has provided a sandbox to explore the world of Big Data for free, is now powering its offering with Docker container technology.
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Google yesterday bumped up its official IDE for Android development to version 2.2, adding support for the company's new mobile OS, Nougat 7.0, along with a new layout editor and many other enhancements.
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By John K. Waters
John talks to major players at Oracle, the London Java Users' Group and research firms "about this Apache NetBeans business."
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By John K. Waters
Work on Java SE 9 is moving forward apace, JavaOne attendees were assured, but it won't be ready as soon as they hope -- Oracle proposed a four-month extension of the JDK 9, which would push the release to July 2017.
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By John K. Waters
The annual JavaOne conference kicked off on Sunday with a keynote confirmation of the widely expected delay of the release of Java EE 8.
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By John K. Waters
Topping the list of news from this year's Jenkins World user conference: the version 2 release of CloudBees Jenkins Platform, and the first enterprise distribution of Jenkins.
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By John K. Waters
Lightbend survey reveals Scala developers are outpacing Java developers when it comes to microservices adoption, they're embracing cloud-native more strongly, and devs from both camps think containers have enormous potential to disrupt the Java Virtual Machine landscape.
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As regular readers of this column know, Rahman has been one of the chief drivers behind the Java EE Guardians and an expanding effort to encourage Oracle to give enterprise Java the attention it deserves and to preserve the overall interests of the Java EE community.
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By John K. Waters
Oracle has proposed contributing the NetBeans IDE to the Apache Software Foundation via the Apache Incubator Project.
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By John K. Waters
John previews the annual JavaOne conference, kicking off Sunday with chock-a-block sessions, workshops and keynotes, including NetBeans Community Day, which focuses on what continues to be one of the industry's favorite open source IDEs.
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By John K. Waters
After a recent meeting of the Executive Committee of the Java Community Process, John explores interesting nuggets of information and solicits commentary from principals.
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By John K. Waters
Hazelcast unveiled the first fully modularized version of its namesake in-memory data grid and caching solution, with 29 new plug-in modules and eight new programming language bindings, along with numerous bug fixes and other new features.
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Google today announced Android 7.0 Nougat, a major upgrade of its flagship mobile OS, is finally rolling out to users.
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Google has boosted the augmented reality functionality of its Tango mobile vision technology platform, capitalizing on the increased popularity of the cutting-edge technology stemming from its use in Pokémon Go.
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Programming language popularity index No. 1 reads: "C is No. 1," while programming language popularity index No. 2 proclaims: "C at an all time low." So which is it? Both. Which speaks to the problem with programming language popularity indices.
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Google has increased the functionality of its Google Play Developer Console app to give Android developers a better handle on user reviews of their creations and to work with the results of experiments such as A/B tests.
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By John K. Waters
John conducts a Q&A with a leader of a new independent effort to support Enterprise Java, the MicroProfile.io project, which aims to create a baseline platform definition that optimizes Java EE for microservices architecture.
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By John K. Waters
Azul Systems is expanding the range of microprocessors supported by Zulu Embedded -- its open source build of the OpenJDK aimed at Java developers in the embedded systems and Internet of Things space -- to include multiple 32- and 64-bit embedded processors.
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By John K. Waters
Oracle may have been neglecting Enterprise Java over the past few years, but it's sure paying attention now.
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The Spring Data team has announced the first milestone release of the Ingalls Release Train
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Open source champion Red Hat Inc. has integrated two self-support sites -- Stack Overflow and JBoss Developer forums -- with its free developer program, giving coders more choices to seek help with their programming problems.
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Adding to the bevy of existing programming language popularity indices, developer careers company HackerRank is incorporating the job interview process into the mix.