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.

Projects that need a little more might consider using TomEE+, which is currently not Java EE 6 Certified. TomEE+ includes support for SOAP and RESTful web services, as well as JMS and the Java EE ...

When the dynamic web project wizard appears, name the project restful-java, choose Apache Tomcat 8.5 as the target runtime (even though we are using TomEE Plus, not Tomcat), specify 3.1 as the dynamic ...

Project Harmony aims to create version of Java desktop software with an open-source license--something Sun has resisted in the past. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

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 ...

The problem occurs because the newly created web project hasn’t yet been associated with the runtime libraries of your Java application server, be it Tomcat, Jetty, WebSphere or another option. It’s ...