Java VisualVM Blogging Contest

Java VisualVM is a free tool to monitor, profile, and control Java technology-based applications. Try it and blog about your experience -- you could win USD $500. Learn more.

Posted at 03:42PM May 01, 2009 by GD in Core Java  | 

Test Your JVM

How do you test whether Java is working on your computer and what version it is? Visit the test VM page at java.com.

Posted at 08:48AM Apr 23, 2009 by GD in Core Java  | 

New Aticle on java.sun.com: Developer Insight -- Write Dumb Code

In the new article "The Developer Insight Series, Part 1: Write Dumb Code -- Advice From Four Leading Java Developers," Java Champions Heinz Kabutz, Cay Horstmann, and Kirk Pepperdine respond to Brian Goetz's advice to avoid cleverness and write dumb code.

Posted at 07:53AM Apr 13, 2009 by GD in Core Java  | 

Java SE 6 Update 13 Security Updates

This update contains several key security updates. For more information, see the release notes. Download Java SE 6 Update 13 now.

Posted at 05:12PM Apr 02, 2009 by GD in Core Java  | 

Java Tutorial: How to Deploy an Applet in Under 10 Minutes

Java SE staff writer Sowmya Kannan walks you through the exact steps of how to deploy an applet in a typical deployment scenario. Read the tutorial.

Posted at 02:38PM Apr 01, 2009 by GD in Core Java  | 

Core Java Product and Technology Releases

Here you'll find recent updates to the Java Platform, Standard Edition and related technologies.

Posted at 12:17PM Mar 30, 2009 by GD in Core Java  | 

New Core Tech Tip: Overhauling the Java UTF-8 Charset

In Overhauling the Java UTF-8 Charset, Sun engineer Xueming Shen talks about why the UTF-8 charset implementation in JDK 7 now rejects non-shortest-form UTF-8 byte sequences. Two words: security and performance.

Posted at 09:00AM Mar 23, 2009 by GD in Core Java  | 

Core Java Tech Tips: Closing a URLClassLoader

Sun engineer Michael McMahon describes the new close() method in URLClassLoader, implemented in JDK 7. It invalidates the loader so that no new classes can be loaded from it. Read Closing a URLClassLoader.

Posted at 08:23AM Mar 12, 2009 by GD in Core Java  | 

New on java.sun.com: Using MySQL With Java Technology

Learn how to install and configure the Connector/J JDBC driver for a MySQL database, with a focus on connectivity from the Java programming language.

Posted at 09:06AM Feb 27, 2009 by GD in Core Java  | 

New on java.sun.com: A Java Developer's Quiz

This quiz reflects the intellectual curiosity and the spirit of fun to be found among leading Java developers and in the Java community as a whole. Take the quiz.

Posted at 12:41PM Feb 26, 2009 by GD in Core Java  | 

Core Java Product and Technology Releases

Here you'll find updates to the Java Platform, Standard Edition and related technologies.

Posted at 05:35PM Feb 06, 2009 by GD in Core Java  | 

Nominate Java Tech Innovators for 2009 Duke's Choice Awards

The Duke's Choice awards honor the best and most innovative uses of Java technology.

Posted at 09:17AM Jan 30, 2009 by GD in Core Java  | 

Core Java: Product and Technology Releases

Update to Java SE 6 Update 11 and more Java technology products.

Posted at 03:23PM Dec 02, 2008 by GD in Core Java  | 

Core Java: Product and Technology Releases

Take a look at these updates to Java technology from Sun Microsystems.

Posted at 08:56AM Nov 05, 2008 by GD in Core Java  | 

Core Java Technology and Peripherals

Student jasonbe wants to have Java talk with buttons, knobs, and switches.

Posted at 10:20AM Oct 27, 2008 by GD in Core Java  |