It's not unusual for database developers who move from Microsoft-based .NET platforms into the world of Java development to wonder, 'What's the difference between ODBC and JDBC?' It's a good question.

Java has stood the test of time in its over 25 years as the world's best programming language. Here's why developers still choose to code in it.

Oracle has announced general availability of Java Development Kit (JDK) 14, its reference implementation of the Java 14 programming language spec. Rolling out in line with Oracle's six-monthly ...

Used in combination with the newly open sourced code of the Java language extension, the Extensible Framework API provides an end-to-end example implementation of how a programming language extension ...

Throughout the example, you will see how to program to the Scripting API (javax.script.*), how to package and deploy a language implementation in accordance with the script engine discovery ...

For example, the Streams API focuses on parallel processing of large data sets, and Project Nashorn’s faster JavaScript engine is all about performance in server workloads.