Oracle announced a language server tool for Java developers using Visual Studio Code to provide language-specific 'smarts' in the super-popular, open source-based, cross-platform code editor.

With the Extension Pack for Java, VS Code makes a highly capable Java IDE and formidable competitor to Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ IDEA.

When building secure Java applications, it's important to make sure there are no plain text passwords anywhere in the code base.

If you write code using the popular Eclipse Integrated Development Environment, you must have a JRE installed, But it’s in the enterprise space that Java really has a high profile.

A remote code vulnerability residing in the widely used Apache Commons library has put many Java-based applications at risk.