Some Java applications’ requirements make integration with a scripting language necessary. For example, your users may need to write scripts that drive the application, extend it, or contain loops and ...

Three years ago, I wrote an article for JavaWorld called “Java Scripting Languages: Which Is Right for You?” When I collected the interpreters to compare, I tried to choose ones that seemed a good fit ...

Script languages have been experiencing a renaissance over the past few years. There are many open-source projects such as Jython, Groovy and Bean Shell to allow the scripting environment to interact ...

What do developers love most about Java? For many, it’s how it manages to be so reliable (think Toyota) while still able to handle everything from parallel graph analytics to bleeding-edge finance ...

The latest update to Java on Visual Studio Code improves the debugging experience thanks to support for the newly released Java 19. "Java 19 brings the first preview of virtual threads to the Java ...

The ability to write clean code is important no matter which programming language you work with. When you work in Java, it's even more pertinent. Java has long been the world's most popular ...

But efforts to simplify popular programming language for beginners are unlikely to boost popularity Oracle has released JDK (Java Development Kit) 25, the first long term support (LTS) version since ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) — On Monday, SC Codes, a statewide program aimed at providing free access to code education to all residents of South Carolina, launched a new online programming course titled ...

A Java compiler is a program that takes the text file work of a developer and compiles it into a platform-independent Java file. Java compilers include the Java Programming Language Compiler (javac), ...