With the release of Vert.x 2.0, now is the perfect time to learn about this JVM-based distributed application framework that was inspired by Node.js, but built to leverage the Java platform APIs.

Project Loom massively increases resource efficiency while preserving backward compatibility with Java threads. Here's a look at Loom and the roadmap ahead.

The first Java project task is to choose a framework. Here's how to select which one is right for your needs: Spring, Jakarta ...

The goal of Project Leyden is to address “Java's slow startup time, slow time to peak performance, and large footprint." It wanted to get there by reintroducing Ahead-of-Time (AOT) compilation ...

JNBridge is soliciting developers to try out its upcoming Java.VS extension, which enables Java programming within Microsoft's flagship IDE. The Java/.NET bridging specialist said the new extension -- ...

Generally, Java applications are not going to perform as well as native applications written for a specific OS. However, thanks to Project Sumatra that performance gap may soon become less of an ...

The project introduces new classes and annotations but doesn't generate code. Modules map to Java packages and are encouraged to use Spring events which can be automatically stored in an event log.

Apache Maven is distributed as a ZIP file. Simply extract it to the file system of any modern operating system. However, Maven does have one prerequisite: a fully configured JDK. Apache Maven works ...

Java/.NET bridging specialist is soliciting developers to try out its upcoming Java.VS extension, ... The tool provides a Java code editor, adds a Java project system to Visual Studio, leverages the ...