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 ...

The recently introduced project view for managing Java projects in Visual Studio Code received several enhancements in the latest update to Java functionality provided in Microsoft's popular open ...

In November 2006, Sun Microsystems began making all of its Java technology implementations open source, offering them under the GPL. More than two years later, reactions are mixed as to what exactly ...

The Apache Foundation has proposed creating an open-source version of Java on the desktop, a plan that Sun Microsystems has initially welcomed. Project Harmony, which was formally proposed Friday, ...

Animated transitions are key to creating a comfortable, seamless user experience in your Java desktop and Web applications. In this installment of Open source Java projects, Jeff Friesen introduces ...

Project Harmony aims to create version of Java desktop software with an open-source license--something Sun has resisted in the past. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...