The last Java.net poll asked “Do you belong to a Java users group?” and of the nearly 300 votes (at time of this writing), well over half of the respondents stated that they are in someway affiliated ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The easiest way to garner user input in a Java program is to use the System’s Console class.

Technological trends are often short-lived and have no lasting effect. New programming languages show up every year, ...

A recent Java 7 update allows users to completely prevent Java applications from running inside browsers or to restrict how Web-based Java content is handled by the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) ...

Oracle has been ordered to warn users if they're running an outdated version of Java SE, under a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The agreement settles claims by the FTC that ...

Java is a popular computing platform, but lately, Java is blamed for its security vulnerabilities. It is recommended by many to disable or completely uninstall Java. However, there are applications ...