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 ...

Project Coin provides numerous “small language enhancements” as a subset of the new JDK 7 features. I recently blogged on Project Coin‘s switching on Strings and in this post I write about the new ...

On Tuesday Oracle announced the latest update of version 7 of the Java Development Kit. Update 40 (JDK 7u40) adds a number of new features, including advanced monitoring and diagnostic capabilities, a ...

You are now ready to start juggling with the new features which JDK 7 has to offer. You may test your code in your favourite text editor, or perhaps you wish to try Netbeans 7.0 Beta IDE which ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

The Java JDK (Java Development Kit) is a software development environment that creates Java applications. It includes tools and libraries that enable developers to write, compile, and execute Java ...

Adobe Flash and Java are two downloads most of us have installed on our Windows computers, as they give us a richer internet and browsing experience. We have already seen how to manage Adobe Flash ...

Oracle this week unveiled the first and probably only release candidate of the Java Development Kit 7 (JDK 7), the next major release of the Java SE platform, and the first new version of Java to make ...