The Java Community Process formally launches development of Java SE 28, with Project Valhalla once again positioned as the release's most closely watched feature.

This week's Java roundup for February 2026 highlights several important updates across the Java ecosystem, including the announcement of the MCP Toolbox Java SDK, progress in OpenJDK development, and ...

The first preview release of the Swift SDK for Android was published this week, allowing developers to build Android apps in Swift with official tooling and making it easier to share code across iOS ...

Java is an extremely common programming language, used nearly everywhere – Android apps, game consoles, even supercomputers. It is known for its simplicity, and its amazing portability. In today’s ...

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 ...

Oracle has released the Oracle Java Platform extension for Visual Studio Code, bringing full-featured Java development for Maven and Gradle projects to Microsoft’s popular code editor. Available in ...

Netbeans no longer parses Java 21 code and underlines some external dependency class usages as errors. A warning window was created about not being able to parse module-info.java on some project but I ...

A look at some of the best integrated development environments (IDEs) and code editors for Java software developers. Learn more. Back in the early days of Java, developers created applications using ...

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