Java will be 30 years old in 2025. That's a good time to look back, but also forward.

During JavaOne 2001, I looked at several alternatives for working with Java technologies on Compaq’s iPAQ. (See “Putting Java on the Information Appliance” (JavaWorld, June 2001).) Since then, I’ve ...

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Pop quiz: Do you know what annotation metadata is? If you’re like most coders, you don’t—and that has been okay, says Graeme Rocher, creator of Java application frameworks, including Grails. But in a ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

First, let's cover the technical issues. It's verbose, combines the worst of both worlds between static and dynamic typing by having a hobbled but extremely clunky type system, and mandates running on ...

May 23, 1995 saw the fruits of a four-year project at Sun Microsystems called Java. The new language with a C-like syntax promised the ability to write once and run anywhere through the use of virtual ...

While Oracle and Sun Microsystems are hailing Oracle’s purchase of Sun as a big boost for Java, others are not so sure. Some with stake in the Java ecosystem are questioning what kind of control ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. What would JavaOne be without an interview with James Gosling. I met up with Gosling, the father of Java and a Sun ...