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C# challenges Java in language popularity
Microsoft’s object-oriented language for .NET has closed the gap with Java in the Tiobe index of programming language popularity.
Azul cloud service spots dead code in Java apps
A new feature of the Azul Vulnerability Protection service identifies unused code in production Java applications, aiming to ease maintenance for developers.
Java 22 begins to take shape
The foreign function and memory API, for interoperability with native code, would be finalized in the JDK 22 release due in March 2024.
Microsoft ships Java 21 builds
Microsoft made Microsoft Build for OpenJDK 21 binaries available for free download and announced that JDK 21 will soon be available in Azure PaaS services.
Java 22 could include computed constants, class-filed API
These capabilities could join previously previewed features such as structured concurrency, value object storage enhancements, and string templates.
Oracle unveils GraalOS for serverless Java
GraalOS builds on GraalVM Native Image and promises minimal cold start, transparent suspend and resume, and no-cost idle.
Make Java fast! Performance tuning Java
Learn how to optimize JVM and JIT compiler performance for better execution speed, memory usage, and resource utilization in your Java applications—and how to check your results.
Generative AI most important technology ever, Oracle’s Ellison says
Generative AI fundamentally changes how apps will be built and run at Oracle, the company’s CTO and co-founder said.
JDK 21: The new features in Java 21
Java 21 has arrived in a production release with 15 features including virtual threads, a generational Z garbage collector, and a key encapsulation mechanism API.
Eclipse enterprise Java gathers steam, MicroProfile slips
Eclipse survey of enterprise Java developers shows Jakarta EE use on the rise, MicroProfile losing ground to Spring, and Kubernetes and microservices to be the top community priorities.
Kotlin rises to the Tiobe top 20
JetBrains language for Android, JVM, and multiplatform development has become the 20th most popular programming language, according to Tiobe.
Java plan would support GPUs and other foreign programming models
Project Babylon would extend the reach of Java to foreign programming models such as machine learning models, GPUs, SQL, and differential programming.
Azul Java learns to cut warmup times
Azul’s ReadyNow technology learns from application usage and automatically selects the best warmup optimization patterns, the company said.
Intro to Java's Simple Web Server
Java 18's Simple Web Server lets you use a command-line tool or API to host files and more. Here's how it works.
IBM Watsonx to use generative AI to translate COBOL code into Java
The product is targeted at modernizing mainframe applications that run on IBM Z systems, as the number of COBOL developers starts to dwindle.
Ahead of time compilation proposed for the JVM
An OpenJDK plan would improve Java Virtual Machine startup times with the ability to load Java applications and libraries already compiled to native code.
OpenJDK plan would add computed constants to Java
Computed constants offer the performance and safety benefits of final fields, but greater flexibility in the timing of initialization, the proposal states.
