Sun Microsystems is seeking to build momentum in its programming tools business with updates to its different products. At a quarterly customer conference on Wednesday, the company announced a number ...

PITTSBURGH—Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science have developed two new tools to help computer programmers select from among thousands of options within the ...

Every programming language comes with a learning curve, but Java shares many similarities with C, C++ and JavaScript. Anyone with experience in any of those languages will pick up Java syntax quickly.

Oracle, Sun Microsystems, BEA Systems and others will add a boost of caffeine to their Java menus this week. Software makers are courting the Java faithful at the JavaOne trade show with new products ...

At the JavaOne conference in San Francisco this week, Java software makers will attempt to regain ground lost to Microsoft in the emerging market for Web services development tools and technologies.

At the JavaOne conference in San Francisco this week, Java software makers will attempt to regain ground lost to Microsoft in the emerging market for Web services development tools and technologies.

(click image for larger view and for full photo gallery) Last month, Google acquired Instantiations, a maker of Java programming tools, for an undisclosed sum. This month, Google is offering ...

A revision to a much-anticipated Java standard will be delayed about three months in order to comply with guidelines designed to keep Web services interoperable. Sun Microsystems, which controls the ...

A look at some of the best database and RDBMS tools for Java software developers. Learn more about Java and database programming. Java developers often rely on specific database tools to efficiently ...