Oracle today announced its plans for advancing the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) and JavaFX with an update on the Java SE and JavaFX roadmap. Beginning with the Java SE 7 Update 6, ...

Java has had plenty of bad press in recent years because of security issues. The upcoming release of Java has already been delayed, which was schedule to release September last year. But Java ...

Oracle anticipates developers who are now confined to either the Standard or Micro editions of Java will be able to leverage their skills on both, as the company plans to converge the two platforms.

Oracle is adding its GraalVM compiler technology at no additional cost to the Java SE subscription to help developers build microservices and do cloud-native development on the Java platform. GraalVM ...

This article is a quick guide for Ubuntu Linux users installing Java 11, the current long-term support (LTS) Java version. I’ll briefly make the case for migrating your code base to Java 11, then ...

Oracle recently announced it will continue to support Java SE 6 until Feb 2013, extending the so-called end-of-life (EOL) date for the five-year-old development platform a second time. The original ...

While Oracle CEO Larry Ellison focuses his attention on the America’s Cup sailing race, Oracle is rushing to keep up in another race, the one to get its Java SE (Standard Edition) in the cloud. While ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Dany Lepage discusses the architectural ...

A lot has changed in the Java world in the past year, but Oracle is still issuing its quarterly Critical Patch Updates (CPUs) like clockwork. With 334 new security fixes, the Q3 CPU offers a new ...

In what is the first major update to the programming language in more than five years, Oracle has shipped Java Platform Standard Edition 7 (Java SE 7), the company announced Thursday. This is the ...