The Java ecosystem is bursting with tools and frameworks for just about every programming need. Here are seven open source Java projects you don't want to miss.

A new project from Oracle seeks to solve the nagging problem of slow Java startup times and other performance-related issues. Dubbed Project Leyden, the effort will address these pain points by ...

This low-level Java API acts as a bridge to the underlying platform’s OpenGL technology. In this installment of the Open source Java projects series, Jeff Friesen introduces JOGL.