In its 20 years, Java is used for building everything from mobile phone apps to video games to enterprise IT applications. The language is designed to run across multiple software platforms.

Microsoft Corp. suffered a setback Tuesday in its battle against rival Sun Microsystems Inc. over Microsoft's use of the Java programing language, a tool Sun had developed as a way to create ...

Java may still be getting bad press when it comes to (mostly consumer) security, but it continues to be the world's most popular software development language.

Many universities and colleges offer dedicated Java programming courses and certificates. It is often an introductory language in computer science curricula because of its object-oriented structure.

According to a recent survey from the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), Python has overtaken Java as the programming language of choice to introduce students to computer science.