If you want to be a productive member of a software development team, it's important to master the key Java programming tools and technologies. These tools reach across a variety of areas, and ...

Java’s come a long way since its first commercial release in 1995. Perhaps the best gauge of Java’s success is the growth in Java tools over the last eight years: from the first applet authoring tools ...

Whether you're a seasoned Java programmer or a Java neophyte, testing Java applications is important. It ensures your application does what it's supposed to. Fortunately, there are plenty of automated ...

We cover some of the most popular big data tools for Java developers. Discover the best big data tools and what to look for. In the modern era of data-driven decision-making, the abundance of data ...

A group of 10 Java software companies announced on Tuesday the Java Tools Community, an initiative aimed at making Java tools easier to use and more productive for developers. The group intends to ...

Java Standard Edition (SE) 6 included support for Web services. This post begins a four-part series on Web services in Java SE by explaining what Web services are and overviewing Java SE’s support for ...

Sun Microsystems on Tuesday plans to launch a software package aimed at the RFID market. The software, which is built on Sun's Java programming architecture and Jini networking technology, attempts to ...

Does the newly independent Eclipse Foundation represent the way IBM thought Sun should have handled Java? Certainly IBM would like to see a more open Java process than there is. I think Eclipse is ...

A group of 10 Java companies forms to lobby for greater awareness of tools in Java standards. Notably absent are Java tools heavyweights IBM and Borland. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...