Sun Microsystems will chant an ease-of-use mantra at its JavaOne developer conference in San Francisco this week as it tries to drive the Java language and platform into the hands of a broader range ...

BEA Systems is beefing up its Java toolbox with a persistence engine from newly acquired SolarMetric. BEA announced the acquisition of the company and its Kodo engine last week. BEA framed the ...

Dear Final Debug: I’m going to start coding Java on a Windows box. What program should I use? Final Debug Responds: It’s been a tough time for Java programmers, especially for those confined to ...

Microsoft announced the 2.0 release of the Java Language Conversion Assistant (JLCA), a tool designed to provide Java developers with a smooth transition to Web services and Web- and Windows-based ...

The company releases a test version of a programming tool aimed at luring Java developers to its .Net Web services strategy, an initiative under legal attack from Sun. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

BEA Systems on Monday launched a lower-cost version of its WebLogic Java software suite that's targeted at Java programmers and software vendors. The new software, WebLogic Workshop Professional ...

To appreciate the benefits of Gradle, it helps to understand where it came from. When Gradle was first released in 2007, the Java ecosystem had already established several viable tools. Ant emerged in ...