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 ...

Firefox told me I needed the Java Runtime Envi-ronment plugin when I tried to run the Glasnost test. I am testing computing without Java on a Windows 7 computer. This was the first time I had needed ...

Java has been one of the more popular programming languages and computing platforms on the market since Sun Microsystems released it all the way back in 1995. The free-to-download platform has been ...

With the latest security holes coming to light, many are recommending removing Java entirely from your system. If you don't want to go that far, here are some things you can do. Topher, an avid Mac ...

Today, my ZDNet colleague Ed Bott published a scathing investigative report of how Oracle partners with shovelware companies in order to monetize the distribution of the Java JRE. Given that I work ...

Learn how to use pattern-matching features in your Java programs, including pattern matching with switch statements, when clauses, sealed classes, and a preview of primitive type pattern matching in ...

Web services technology allows the communication between applications across the Internet over standard, XML-based protocols. The Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) invokes a Web service, which can ...

For Java-based programs such as Maven, Jenkins, Gradle or Tomcat to run, they need to know that Java's JDK is installed. That's the purpose of the JAVA_HOME environment variable. It tells programs ...

Java has been a jackpot for hackers in recent months and an analysis of its users released Tuesday suggests why that’s so. More than 50 percent of Java users are running a version of the program ...