Microsoft's implementation of OpenJDK is now ready for developers who want to use Java on the Azure cloud.

Still, this news will probably only increase the antsiness of OS X developers who have to do without the (official) new Java 6 JDK, so hopefully Apple will get on the stick and release something soon.

Oracle has made Java 16 generally available to developers. The new version of the Java Development Kit (JDK) includes 17 new features that will enhance developer productivity.

The growth has put Kotlin in second place, albeit well behind Java, but now ahead of Clojure and Scala. Oracle JDK – Java Development Kit – is also losing share to OpenJDK alternatives.

The importance of Java test frameworks in modern, Agile software development simply can't be understated. Of course, software developers tend to like writing code more than they like writing tests, ...

Java uses a runtime platform and software development environment known as the Java Development Kit (JDK) for developing and running applications.

The Developer Preview of the Java SE Development Kit version 7 (JDK 7) is now available for download, Oracle announced Wednesday.

Java Standard Edition 8 (Java SE 8) isn't due until March, but Oracle has just released a preview build for testing by developers. The Developer Preview for JDK (Java Development Kit) 8, known as ...

Despite the five years of effort, Java SE 7 is not what had been originally planned. Many features in the original JDK 7 plan have been pushed to JDK 8, which is due in 2012.