Sun Microsystems has launched new software tools to bolster its Web services strategy. Sun executives said Friday that the company has released a starter kit, which features a tutorial and development ...

Some Java software providers are mulling an effort to improve interoperability among competing Java development tools. A number of Java companies have held discussions on a potential initiative to ...

A number of Java tools providers, including Sun and BEA, are talking about creating a common way to share plug-ins among their different tools. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech ...

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 ...

In the world of IDE-based development, programmers can easily become detached from JDK and the underlying technology that makes their applications work. Here is a list of the five most useful Java ...

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, to entire enterprise application development environments, to ...

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 ...

Bob Sutor, IBM's director of WebSphere software, told CRN Monday that IBM is not a part of a plan being hatched by Java tools vendors, including Sun Microsystems and BEA Systems, to set a standard for ...

Java tools vendors may form an organization to make Java-based IDEs more interoperable, officials at Java tools vendors confirmed on Monday. The organization, which may be called the Java Tools ...

Simon Phipps, chief technology evangelist, Sun Microsystems Inc. Sun objected to joining Eclipse on grounds that it would be required to transition to Eclipse. IBM claims there’s no such requirement.

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 ...