Java is not the language it used to be, and that is mostly a good thing. Here are eleven ways Java is evolving to meet the challenges of the future.

Java Programming language That may or may not surprise you, but it is the truth. Nevertheless, the Java programming language is very popular and we expect it to be this way for multiple years to come.

Project Coin is the name of the OpenJDK work covering small language changes for Java SE 7 . The current Java.net poll question asks which of the proposed Project Coin features is most interesting .

And what Java has done is said, ‘hmm, okay, let’s take some of those ideas and bring those into the language,’” said Ritter.

June 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Java, the language that helped define modern enterprise computing. If you had told me in 1995 that devs would still be writing and shipping production code in ...

The Java Record creates a more readable and understandable syntax, while at the same time, immutable state will allow the JVM to implement efficiencies that will allow programs to perform significant ...

Ongoing enhancements Java is a mature, full-featured language with a release cadence that delivers updated versions every six months. Developers don't have to wait long to use Java's most anticipated ...

Oracle announced a language server tool for Java developers using Visual Studio Code to provide language-specific "smarts" in the super-popular, open source-based, cross-platform code editor. The new ...

Five years in the making, a Visual Studio Code extension providing Java language support from Red Hat has shipped in version 1.0. The Language Support for Java by Red Hat extension, like many in the ...