Whether you want to begin coding in Java or just wish to run Java apps, you first need to learn how to install Java. In this post, we’ll see how to do that. Why do you need to install Java?

I recently read in a book on a Java-based technology that one can determine if the JDK is installed by running java -version and looking for the the Strings “Client” or “Server” in the output of the ...

Java versioning has never made a lot of sense. The last time it did was back in the late 1990s, when the first full increment product release, Java 1.0, carried the same version number as the ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Java Mission Control is a powerful tool for those who need to profile and troubleshoot the JDK.

On January 13 th 2011, Mark Reinhold – chief architect of the Java Platform Group at Oracle – announced on the jdk7-dev mailing list: “The JDK 7 Project has reached a major milestone: It is ...

Oracle released Java SE 7 Update 4 this week, which finally gives Mac owners the means to receive critical Java security patches at the same time they're available for users of Windows and Linux ...