The JDK is the development platform for building Java applications. Learn about different JDK versions, then install a JDK in your development environment and use it to compile a Java program.

Microsoft Build of OpenJDK, the company’s open source distribution of Java, has added an experimental feature to improve escape analysis compiler optimization results.. With a patch and security ...

Because GraalVM is the first compiler of its kind written completely in Java—a memory-safe language designed for productivity—unlike other compilers, it’s easy for developers to read and modify.

On that last point, Strulovich points to compile times after the HTTP client project, OkHttp, switched from Java to Kotlin in 2019. OkHttp is small, with only 24,000 lines of Kotlin.

Experimental Java-Based JIT Compiler Here’s an example of a feature included in Java 10 that’s not entirely ready for prime time, and that’s why it’s called experimental. Let’s take a ...

In the past, it would have been correct to say that the JDK specifically targeted the program language Java. However, Java 7 introduced a special constructs that made it much easier for peripheral ...

The JDK also includes a number of programming tools, like a compiler and a Java web server, for programmers who need to install Java on Windows. Install prereqs The following prerequisites must be met ...

Java is one of the most in-demand programming languages in the world and one of the two official programming languages used in Android development (the other being Kotlin). Developers familiar ...

Cloud Native Compiler works in conjunction with Platform Prime, Azul’s flagship, highly performant Java runtime. Cloud Native Compiler elastically scales up and down, and reuses previously ...

The latest edition of the RoboVM ahead-of-time (AOT) compiler and runtime library for Java is now available. The 1.8 release was timed to coincide with the release of Apple's iOS 9 mobile OS and Xcode ...