Jeff Friesen’s Beginning Java SE 6 Platform: From Novice to Professional is out now from Apress. In this article Jeff introduces you to his new book by presenting excerpts from its chapter on the Java ...

BEA Systems--a company long committed to the Java programming language--plans to support alternative scripting languages in upcoming products. As part of its long-term plans, BEA is considering ways ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems is working with a number of industry partners including Oracle, Macromedia and Zend Technologies to support the use of scripting languages in its Java platform. Sun ...

“Scala fixes problems with Java, like verbosity and limitations in Java’s support for object-oriented programming. In addition, Scala supports functional programming-an approach that has been around ...