Programmers typically target a specific, long-term support release when they develop applications. That means for the past several years, most Java developers were limited to the Java 8 or Java 11 ...

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At last year’s Oracle Code One conference, Java’s rapid-release cadence—a new version every six months—was still making news. And it wasn’t even new anymore. The change in release frequency from years ...

Oracle has released version 15 of Java, the language created 25 years ago by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems, which Oracle snapped up in 2009 for about $7.4bn to gain what it said was the "most ...

With each new Java platform release, the stewards of the language always include a few new preview features that can be toyed with only if a developer knows how to unlock the capabilities at runtime.

Zero-day bugs in Java have been coming fast and furious lately. In the latest twist, a researcher says he was able to cheat built-in security features in Java applications. Adam Gowdiak, founder and ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Amir Langer discusses the evolution of ...

Honoring its commitment, Oracle delivered the new Java 10 in time. The coming of it i.e., JDK 10, an implementation of Java Standard Edition 10 was well received. Why? Quite a lot of tool and ...

CORBA, Java EE, and JavaFX support will be removed, while just a handful of new features are being added—so far Now that Oracle has released Java Development Kit 10, the next version, JDK 11, is just ...

Java Development Kit (JDK) 11 is now generally available and ready for production use, bringing productivity improvements and an HTTP client API that implements HTTP/2. In Java 11, Oracle has forked ...