Java is one of the most common programming languages in the tech space. Companies across the world use Java for back-end web development and mobile applications.

Most modern programming languages use garbage collection, but developers have options for how it is implemented and tuned. Get an overview of how garbage collection works in languages such as Java ...

IDG Figure 1. JDBC connects Java programs to databases. JDBC vs ODBC Before JDBC, developers used Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), a language-agnostic standard approach to accessing a relational ...

Java is one of the most common programming languages in the tech space. Companies across the world use Java for back-end web development and mobile applications.

Java used to be the primary language used for Android development, until Google announced that Kotlin would be its top choice going forward. However, Java is still officially supported, and is ...

Also: The best AI for coding in 2025 (including two new top picks - and what not to use) While Java may have just turned 30, its history is far longer. Java's roots trace back to 1991, when Sun ...