Oracle announced a language server tool for Java developers using Visual Studio Code to provide language-specific 'smarts' in the super-popular, open source-based, cross-platform code editor.

Oracle (ORCL) releases Java 22, the latest version of the programming language and development platform.

Java Origins And Evolution The very first beta release of Java dates back to 1995. At its launch, the tech community considered Java the future language of enterprises, and this has proven to be true.

Microsoft has open sourced the Java language extension it added to SQL Server 2019 last year.

In its 20 years, Java is used for building everything from mobile phone apps to video games to enterprise IT applications. The language is designed to run across multiple software platforms.

End your tour of Java's essential language features with Java 8's method references, interface default and static methods, and three lesser known language updates, then preview new features coming ...

June 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Java, the language that helped define modern enterprise computing. If you had told me in 1995 that devs would still be writing and shipping production code in ...