The Java Platform Module System (JPMS) is a code-level structure, so it doesn’t change the fact that we package Java into JAR files. Ultimately, everything is still bundled together in JAR files.

Java vs. JDK Flight Recorder While the Java Flight Recorder profiling tool is built into the JVM, Java Mission Control is packaged separately and must be downloaded from a JVM vendor, such as Azul, ...

Image: Shutterstock Oracle has announced the availability of Java 19 and Oracle JDK 19 for developers, the latest versions of what is arguably the world's most popular programming language. JDK ...

Released as part of JDK 1.1 in 1997, JDBC was one of the earliest libraries developed for the Java language. JDBC was initially conceived as a client-side API, enabling a Java client to interact ...

JDK 21, the next Long-Term Support (LTS) release since JDK 17, has reached its initial release candidate phase with a final set of 15 new features, in the form of JEPs, that can be separated into four ...

What do I need to install Java? All you need to install Java is a network connection so you can download the JDK, and about 300 MB of download space to store the setup files and perform the ...

Version 16 of the Java Development Kit (JDK) is now in the Second Release Candidate Phase (RC2) and on track for an early March release. Mark Reinhold, chief architect of Oracle's Java Platform Group, ...

JDK Enhancement Proposal (JEP) 223 is a new JDK versioning scheme to make it easier to distinguish major, minor, and security releases. It's simpler, more intuitive, easier to parse, and aligns with c ...

The growth has put Kotlin in second place, albeit well behind Java, but now ahead of Clojure and Scala. Oracle JDK – Java Development Kit – is also losing share to OpenJDK alternatives.