Sun Microsystems wants to send Java closer to the open-source world, yet keep it safe from harm. It will modify its licenses to make access to the Java source code easier, the Santa Clara, ...

"Project Peabody" adds two licenses that make it easier for outsiders to see the code. But Sun stops short of embracing open source. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

Source code for the Java Development Kit (JDK) would be redone in UTF-8 (Unicode Transformation Format) to facilitate better-defined encoding, under a plan afoot in the OpenJDK Java community. The ...

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IBM subsidiary Red Hat has released a new extension for Microsoft's popular Visual Studio Code for Java source code editor. Language Support for Java by Red Hat, available on the VS Code Marketplace, ...

Microsoft announced Spring Boot improvements in the latest update to Java on Visual Studio Code tooling. That tooling comes in the Spring Boot Extension Pack in the Visual Studio Code Marketplace, ...

Microsoft, which has long crowed "we use more Java than one can imagine," has been busy improving related tooling and functionality, yesterday introducing the "Reliable Web App Pattern for Java" among ...

Java programming for Apple’s iOS devices is not only possible but it’s getting easier all the time. Steve Hannah surveys the recent evolution of the Java iOS landscape, then introduces five open ...

TypeScript is growing in popularity as the programming language of choice for both front-end and back-end developers. With TypeScript, developers can fully wield the power of the principles and ...