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Moving to OpenJDK as the Official Java SE 7 Reference Implementation

Some interesting news from Henrik Stahl: Oracle will provide a Java SE 7 Reference Implementation based entirely on OpenJDK and make it available under GPLv2...

Some interesting news from Henrik Stahl: Oracle will provide a Java SE 7 Reference Implementation based entirely on OpenJDK and make it available under GPLv2 (with Classpath exception) for open-source implementors (and BCL for commercial implementors). Henrik also says that the existing TCK license for OpenJDK will be updated to cover Java SE 7. Read the post in its entirety here.

JCP.next Update

Did you know it takes a JSR to change the JCP process? JSR 348, titled "Towards a New Version of the Java Community Process," has been approved by both...

Did you know it takes a JSR to change the JCP process? JSR 348, titled "Towards a New Version of the Java Community Process," has been approved by both Executive Committees, who will now serve as the Expert Group for this JSR. The Early Draft Review is planned for early this (Northern Hemisphere) summer 2011. JSR 348 focuses on changes to the JCP Process Document in the following areas: transparency, participation, agility and governance. The JCP program office has posted a...

So, What Do You Think of Java.net Now? Poll Ends Friday

Today, a guest post from Java.net editor-in-chief Kevin Farnham!: A few months ago, Java.net underwent some pretty major changes: we migrated to a new project...

Today, a guest post from Java.net editor-in-chief Kevin Farnham!: A few months ago, Java.net underwent some pretty major changes: we migrated to a new project infrastructure (Kenai), and we switched to a modernized Web look and feel. The Kenai infrastructure brought many benefits to java.net projects, including the Subversion and Git version control systems, and JIRA issue and project tracking. And, as I wrote about in my last blog post, Sonatype's Nexus Maven service is also...

Duke's Choice Awards Open for Nominations

Duke's Choice Awards are now open for nominations! For the ninth year running, we are looking for most compelling implementations of Java technology. Duke's...

Duke's Choice Awards are now open for nominations! For the ninth year running, we are looking for most compelling implementations of Java technology. Duke's Choice Awards are part of the Oracle Excellence Awards, Java Innovation 2011 program. Winners get a Duke statue, a free JavaOne full conference pass, and their winning implementation will be showcased at JavaOne. Winners are announced at JavaOne. Deadline for submission is Friday, July 22, 2011 @ 5:00 p.m. PT. This is an...

Managing Resources with Java 7

A very clear and detailed article by Julien Ponge, titled “Better Resource Management with Java SE 7: Beyond Syntactic Sugar,” presents the Java 7 answer to the...

A very clear and detailed article by Julien Ponge, titled “Better Resource Management with Java SE 7: Beyond Syntactic Sugar,” presents the Java 7 answer to the automatic resource management problem in the form of a new language construct, proposed as part of Project Coin, called the try-with-resources statement.Java applications frequently manipulate different types of resources such as files, streams, sockets, and database connections that require system resources for their...

JCP Reform and What It Means for the Java Developer

The London Java Community (represented by Ben Evans) was recently elected to the Executive Committee of the Java Community Process (open election seat). In the...

The London Java Community (represented by Ben Evans) was recently elected to the Executive Committee of the Java Community Process (open election seat). In the blog post below (originally published here), Ben and LJC co-leader Martijn Verburg share their thoughts about the impact of pending JCP reforms on Java developers. We couldn't have summarized it better ourselves: Earlier this month, the LJC, aka the London Java User Group (JUG) became the first JUG to be elected to an...

JavaOne India and JavaOne Russia

JavaOne India was held in Hyderabad in early May. There were approximately 3,000 developers in attendance. Sonya Barry, Community Manager for Java.Net, and I...

JavaOne India was held in Hyderabad in early May. There were approximately 3,000 developers in attendance. Sonya Barry, Community Manager for Java.Net, and I were in the Oracle Technology Network booth. We gave away software DVDs of Pre-Built VMs for Developers. They were a huge hit, even though the software is free and easy to download. Bandwidth is at a premium in India (the convention center was charging $40 USD a day for wifi!), so downloading 7GB can be a real challenge....

JVM Language Summit Set for July 18-20

The 2011 JVM Language Summit -- an open technical collaboration among language designers, compiler writers, tool builders, runtime engineers, and VM architects...

The 2011 JVM Language Summit -- an open technical collaboration among language designers, compiler writers, tool builders, runtime engineers, and VM architects -- is set for July 18-20 on Oracle's Santa Clara campus. The agenda includes: Three days of technical presentations and conversations about programming languages and the JVM Prepared talks by numerous visiting language experts, OpenJDK engineers, and other Java luminaries Many opportunities to visit and network with...

Oracle Introduces New Java Specification Requests to Evolve Java Community Process

To further its commitment to the Java Community Process (JCP), Oracle has submitted the first of two Java Specification Requests (JSRs) to update and revitalize...

To further its commitment to the Java Community Process (JCP), Oracle has submitted the first of two Java Specification Requests (JSRs) to update and revitalize the JCP. The two new "JCP.next" JSRs, which will go through the same JSR development process that is used for Java technologies, will define the next iteration of the JCP and involve changes to help broaden transparency of Java technology development, improve procedures, increase agility, and encourage new community...