t’s been a while since the last major Java release and expectations were naturally high for the upcoming release. The Java 7 release initially included many JSRs with exciting features, like support for closures, which were later deferred to Java 8 in order to release JSRs that...

In a GlassFish and Java EE roadmap update yesterday, it was revealed that going forward there would be no more commercial major releases of the popular Oracle GlassFish Server.  Oracle is ushering those looking for an alternative towards the WebLogic Server - however,...

Following the fallout from Oracle’s decision to kill off the commercial version of GlassFish, Oracle evangelist Bruno Borges has hit back, insisting that GlassFish is very much still in good health. On Monday, Oracle quietly announced the decision to end support for the commercial...

In "From database to RESTful web service to HTML5 in 10 minutes", published near the beginning of this year, I described a set of tools that lets you expose data from a database via RESTful Web Services to an HTML5/Backbone.js/CSS front-end. And all this was done in 10 minutes. You...

51 vulnerabilities have been patched in the latest Java security update, the first of a new quarterly cycle. Until now, Java’s official patch release schedule has been three times a year – although the emergence of dangerous zero-day exploits have forced Oracle to issue two out-of-cycle...

Running the rule over the open source integration framework Tutorial: Integrating with Apache Camel Since its creation by the Apache community in 2007, the open source integration framework Apache Camel has become a developer favourite. It is recognised as a key technology to design...

Exploring the future of the JVM at JavaOne When Sun Microsystems was acquired by Oracle three years ago, to say that the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) ecosystem was overgrown was to put it mildly. As Java Platform Group JVM architect, Mikael Vidstedt found himself faced with the...

Spring creator Rod Johnson joins Hazelcast board  Rod Johnson, creator of the Spring Framework, is to join Hazelcast, the company behind the in-memory data grid technology of the same name. The move is part of an investment round, which saw Johnson and Bain Capital Ventures together...

 It may not be Halloween for another month or so, but a grim blog post from security expert Christopher Budd will send a shiver down the spine of users with desktop Java still installed. As we reported last week, Java’s security issues have become even more complex this year, with a new raft of super-skilled hackers capable of targeting its...

    Well, it’s near one deadline Developers now able to get their hands on Java 8 preview Oracle has now released the preview test build of Java SE 8, intended for broad testing by developers – although the much delayed general-release development kit will be percolating...