Before Java 5, the only way to spawn a new process was to use Runtime.getRuntime().exec(). ProcessBuilder is a much better alternative. Compile Listing 1 as follows: javac ProcessDemo.java ...

A Java compiler takes a text file and compiles it into a platform-independent Java file, meaning the compiled code can run on any OS. Learn how it works.

Traditional Java Implementation Model The traditional way to implement Java is a two-step process: a translation phase and an execution phase. (In this respect Java is like C.) A Java program is ...

Learn how to optimize JVM and JIT compiler performance for better execution speed, memory usage, and resource utilization in your Java applications—and how to check your results.

Developer Jake MacMullin has released JJEdit 0.4 (yep, the decimal is in the right place), a light-weight Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Java programming on Mac OS X. It includes a ...