JDK 21, the next Long-Term Support (LTS) release since JDK 17, has reached its initial release candidate phase as declared by Mark Reinhold, chief architect, Java Platform Group at Oracle.

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 ...

The production release of Java Development Kit 12, based on Java SE (Standard Edition) 12, is now available. JDK 12 builds are available from Oracle for Linux, Windows, and MacOS.

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 (Java Development Kit ...

The JDK 10 release in March was a feature release, and the first in the new rapid release cadence. The next LTS release will be Java 17, which is scheduled for release in September 2021. "Long term ...

Why Java? A six-month release cycle for the Java Platform gives Java developers something to look forward to at least twice a year. However, there's far more to get excited about for Java in 2023 than ...

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.

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) announced the availability of NetBeans 11.3, the third update of the popular Java-based IDE in its recently implemented quarterly release cycle.

JAVA_HOME is an operating system environment variable that directs a user to the file system location where the JDK or JRE was installed.

The "tip and tail" release model represents a significant step forward, offering revolutionary changes that are ambitious but not without challenges.