"Project Peabody" adds two licenses that make it easier for outsiders to see the code. But Sun stops short of embracing open source.

The Java Development Kit, with all the tools needed to compile and run Java applications, is distributed by the open source OpenJDK project. Developers can download and install JDK 24 for Java SE from ...

After years of requests and debates, Sun is set to release Java source code under a Linux-friendly license.

Google's trying to make that job a little easier, introducing a new tool that automatically converts Java source code into Objective-C, which is used in iPad and iPhone apps.

The Visual Studio Code team continues to add Java functionality to Microsoft's open source, cross-platform code editor via extensions, just launching a new batch for working with Maven, Tomcat and ...

What is the purpose of a Java compiler? The main purpose of a Java compiler (or a compiler in any programming language) is to translate the high-level Java source code into a machine code file ...