In this edition of Open source Java projects I will help you get started with GitHub. First I’ll provide an overview of the platform, then introduce some Git basics, including command-line ...

Once it’s installed, select any Java source file and click the Checkstyle icon (the main toolbar’s rightmost icon) to check this code, as shown in Figure 3. Figure 3.

Many of these projects illustrate the collaborative energy that goes into open-source efforts and the sophistication of the results. One such project is PMD, a Java source code analyzer.

"Project Peabody" adds two licenses that make it easier for outsiders to see the code. But Sun stops short of embracing open source. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

The move, planned for Sun's JavaOne conference in San Francisco, acknowledges that the open-source software philosophy is important even in areas such as Java, where Sun has been reluctant to let ...

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 ...

After years of requests and debates, Sun is set to release Java source code under a Linux-friendly license. Written by Martin LaMonica, Contributor Nov. 12, 2006, 9:00 p.m. PT ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

And IBM, a major Java ally, has called on Sun to make Java open source. Sun gave the idea a chilly reception but later said it would happen eventually.