This post launches a four-part series introducing you to Java SE 6's support for Web services. Later in the series we'll build SOAP-based and RESTful-based Web services and explore advanced Web ...

A tutorial highlighting the various design patterns in Java. Learn about the benefits and different types of design patterns.

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.

Today, the results of the JCP Executive Committee vote on JSR-376 (Java Platform Module System, commonly known as Jigsaw), was published on the Java Community Process page. There were 10 votes for ...

Java module systems has received a lot of attention lately. One reason for that was the controversy regarding JSR-277 which partially duplicated OSGi. Another was the plans for Java 7. In this ...

The details of Java EE 6 have been getting hashed out for quite a few months in the JSR 316 expert group, which I am part of. The goal of this article is to give you an overview of the changes in Java ...

Gary Krakow tests Sun Microsystems' new operating system based on Java and Linux called the Java Desktop System.

You can check which Java version is on your Mac to see if you have the most up-to-date Java running, or you can check on the Java website.

What is Bld? Want to write your software build logic entirely in Java? There’s a new build tool out that does exactly that. It’s name? Bld. It’s built by two heavyweights of the software engineering ...