In Java 9, thanks to Jigsaw there is now a modular system that replaces Classpath, as a more optimized, developer-intuitive model to specify package and library locations.

Java has stood the test of time in its over 25 years as the world's best programming language. Here's why developers still choose to code in it.

Java was created over 25 years ago, and it is still one of the most popular programming languages. In this article, I will present an overview of how Java has grown to today's complex system and ...

1Java Moving Forward With Faster Pace Release Schedule, Modular System Among the key messages and themes that emerged at the JavaOne 2017 conference, held in San Francisco Oct. 1 to 5, is that the ...

Java, the 14-year-old language and application platform founded by Sun Microsystems, is set to take on a more modular approach with the planned Java SE Development Kit 7 upgrade to the platform ...

Amid a budding controversy surrounding the module system planned for Java, Oracle’s chief Java architect, Mark Reinhold, lashed out today at Red Hat and IBM’s opposition, saying the companies ...