<> W hen tasked with the decision to choose products for our 2005 Java Pro Editors' Choice Awards, the editorial staff of Java Pro magazine, including selected authors and columnists, were confronted ...

Java 5, released in 2004, marked a turning point with the addition of generics, enhanced for-loops, and annotations, moving Java closer to modern programming practices.

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, has announced the introduction of its own certified OpenJDK builds. With 90% of Fortune 500 companies relying on Java for their backend development, this ...