With the release of Vert.x 2.0, now is the perfect time to learn about this JVM-based distributed application framework that was inspired by Node.js, but built to leverage the Java platform APIs.

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.

How do Maven archetypes work? While it’s most well known as a build tool, Apache Maven is also a configuration tool which can generate skeleton Java projects through the archetype:generate command.

The main reasons were: In some respects, Ant and Maven are not well-suited for Java builds that involve multiple projects. Ant and Maven require XML, which -- in the eyes of some Java developers -- is ...

They support Java, C, and C++ development tools and add their own configuration and management tools to Eclipse. This includes operating-system configuration as well as access to diagnostic tools.

GitHub security alerts now support Java and .NET projects GitHub also launches Token Scanning tool and new Security Advisory API. Written by Catalin Cimpanu, Contributor Oct. 18, 2018, 5:03 a.m. PT ...

First revealed in August, Project Sumatra uses the features and libraries of Java 8’s Lambda Project as well as Oracle’s HotSpot for the Java Virtual Machine.