If you're still using Java, then you know that updating it is vital given the large number of vulnerabilities that plague the software. You also know that you've had ...

There are a lot of reason not to use Java—but here’s one more to add to the list. The latest release of Oracle’s ubiquitous software now also dumps a load of crapware on to your Mac. Java has long ...

<b>commentary</b> A widely used online game and longtime Java ally is ditching Oracle's security-plagued programming technology. Your move, Minecraft. Stephen ...

Device independence, programmable garbage collection, an enormous standard library, and easy interoperability with existing native systems. The standard library is as important as the JVM, and its a ...

Does Apple still bundle QuickTime with iTunes? I stopped using iTunes years ago so I don't know, but I remember being REQUIRED to install QuickTime for iTunes, then being stricken with annoying ...

There’s been a tectonic shift in open source land, as IBM throws its weight behind Oracle’s OpenJDK and its Java Community Process. It’s backing away from the Apache Software Foundation’s Harmony ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. I don’t know anyone who likes investigating a Java heap dump. They can be massive — literally ...

It's pretty much known to anyone in the programming world that Java is one of the hardest languages to learn right off the bat; that is if you've never written a line of code in your life. Well, ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Heap dump is a snapshot of the Java memory. It contains information about the Java objects and ...