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JavaOne India: Hear about Java from the Source!

JavaOne IndiaMay 8-9, 2013,Hyderabad International Convention Center Java Strategy and Technical Keynotes Technical Sessions, In addition to Technical Sessions,...

JavaOne IndiaMay 8-9, 2013,Hyderabad International Convention Center Java Strategy and Technical Keynotes Technical Sessions, In addition to Technical Sessions, Hands On Labs and an OTN VIP room with community sessions, and the Java Demogrounds, JavaOne India will include keynotes from the people who develop and drive the Java language and platform. You can hear from them, meet them, and ask your questions directly (you can tweet them during the keynote!). In these keynotes,...

Java Certification

We regularly receive quite a few questions about certifications for Java. What’s available? What’s changed? Should I bother to get certified? Am I still...

We regularly receive quite a few questions about certifications for Java. What’s available? What’s changed? Should I bother to get certified? Am I still certified? Do I need to take training to get certified? I talked to Kate Jones of the Certification Team at Oracle University to get your questions answered. Q: Kate, what's the good news for Java developers? A: Java is still the # 1 developer platform in the world. Java is everywhere and it keeps growing, with 97% of...

Getting Started with Oracle Java ME Embedded 3.3 on the Keil Evaluation Board

The new release this week of Oracle Java ME Embedded 3.3 for ARM Cortex M3 make the Oracle Java ME Embedded product available as a reference binary for the Keil...

The new release this week of Oracle Java ME Embedded 3.3 for ARM Cortex M3 make the Oracle Java ME Embedded product available as a reference binary for the Keil MCBSTM32F200 platform for development/evaluation purposes. This binary comes integrated with RTX OS. To help you get up and running, Oracle Java Evangelist Angela Caicedo has created a new two part video that shows you all the steps you need to follow to develop your first applications using Java ME Embedded 3.3 on...

Java SE 7 Update 21 Release and more

Oracle has released three updates to Java. It is important to note that they contain several security changes. The releases are: Java SE 7 Update 21 This...

Oracle has released three updates to Java. It is important to note that they contain several security changes. The releases are: Java SE 7 Update 21 This release contains new features and fixes for security vulnerabilities, including a new Server JRE, JRE Installer linked with Uninstall Applet on Windows platform, changes to Security Dialogs and more. Oracle strongly recommends that all Java SE 7 users upgrade to this release. Release Notes Download Java SE 6 Update 45 This...

Kotlin: A Conversation with JetBrains' Andrey Breslav

A new article, up on otn/java, by yours truly, titled “The Advent of Kotlin: A Conversation with JetBrains' Andrey Breslav,” explores the new statically typed...

A new article, up on otn/java, by yours truly, titled “The Advent of Kotlin: A Conversation with JetBrains' Andrey Breslav,” explores the new statically typed language, Kotlin, which was named Language of the Month in the January 2012 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal. Kotlin is a product of the highly lauded Czech software development company, JetBrains, maker of the Java IDE IntelliJ IDEA. Project Kotlin aspires to create for developers a general-purpose language that can serve...

OpenJDK Governing Board Elects At-Large Members

The OpenJDK Governing Board, which oversees the structure and operation of the OpenJDK Community, has elected two At-Large Members: Andrew Haley and Doug Lea....

The OpenJDK Governing Board, which oversees the structure and operation of the OpenJDK Community, has elected two At-Large Members: Andrew Haley and Doug Lea. Both were previously serving as at At-Large members and began new one-year terms on April 1. Andrew Haley, of Red Hat, wrote in his candidate statement that his goal is to “stand up for freedom and steer the governing board toward helping people who crank out code to get their job done.” Lea, of SUNY Oswego, wrote that...

Java on SPARC T5-8 Servers is FAST

Watching the boats practicing on San Francisco Bay for the America's Cup reminds me that fast is fun! Did you know that Oracle just announced world record Java...

Watching the boats practicing on San Francisco Bay for the America's Cup reminds me that fast is fun! Did you know that Oracle just announced world record Java benchmarks with SPARC T5 and Solaris? The Details Oracle produced a world record SPECjEnterprise2010 benchmark result of 57,422.17 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS using Oracle's SPARC T5-8 server in the application tier and another SPARC T5-8 server for the database tier. This result demonstrated less than 1 second response...

Technical Article: Java EE 7 and JAX-RS 2.0

A new article by Java Champion Adam Bien, titled “Java EE 7 and JAX-RS 2.0” is up on otn/java. The article demonstrates how Java EE 7 with JAX-RS 2.0 has...

A new article by Java Champion Adam Bien, titled “Java EE 7 and JAX-RS 2.0” is up on otn/java. The article demonstrates how Java EE 7 with JAX-RS 2.0 has several new useful features which further simplify development, and lead to the creation of more sophisticated Java SE/EE RESTful applications. Using a Java-friendly, but simplistic JAX-RS 2.0 example Bien takes the reader through aspects, request interception, client and configuration issues and much more. He concludes the...

Golo – A Lightweight Dynamic Language for the JVM

Julien Ponge, who, in addition to being a Java developer and a professor, also writes technical articles for both otn/java and Java Magazine, has created Golo,...

Julien Ponge, who, in addition to being a Java developer and a professor, also writes technical articles for both otn/java and Java Magazine, has created Golo, a simple, dynamic, weakly-typed open source language that favors the explicit over the implicit. Developers can pick it up in a manner of hours, not days. Responses to its recent release at Devoxx have been favorable.Built from day 1 with invokedynamic, and currently in beta, Golo takes advantage of the latest advances...