In the world of IDE-based development, programmers can easily become detached from JDK and the underlying technology that makes their applications work. Here is a list of the five most useful Java ...

If you want to be a productive member of a software development team, it's important to master the key Java programming tools and technologies. These tools reach across a variety of areas, and ...

The Java tools market is in flux, with the recent acquisitions of CodeGear and BEA Systems altering the landscape, leaving developers with fewer independent tools choices. Oracle bought BEA Systems ...

Perhaps the best gauge of Java’s success is the growth in Java tools over the last eight years: from the first applet authoring tools, to entire enterprise application development environments, to ...

Gosling, who recently returned to day-to-day Sun operations as CTO of Sun's Java development platform division, is credited for the creation of the Java programming language in 1995. Speaking at Sun's ...

Java development tools maker WebGain is hoping to sell off its technology before shutting its doors. WebGain, a 3-year-old company spun off from Symantec, announced this week that it hopes to find ...

IDEs are essential tools for software development. Here is a list of the top IDEs for programming. Software developers have battled with text editors and command-line tools that offered little or ...

Can you still use the Java programming language for free? What you need to know Your email has been sent There have been notable changes to the licensing and support for the tools Java developers use ...

The latest trends in software development from the Computer Weekly Application Developer Network. Software application developers love users and operations professionals… and that feeling holds for ...