Sorry to be doubly redundant, but it is amazing how many people, including industry insiders, don’t understand the difference between Java and JavaScript. Here’s the low-down. Java, dev… ...

An impending update to Java might sound like just an incremental release, based on its cumbersome naming: Java Platform Standard Edition 6 Update 10 (Java SE 6 u10). But the upgrade actually ...

I recently recently compared Java’s REPL scripting environment to Python’s.. Many detractors felt that such an apples-to-apples comparison was unfair. The general consensus from the Python community ...

Browser-based Java applications. When Java was first released, a component known as a Java applet made it possible to run Java inside the web browser. The Java applet, and its integration with the ...

In addition to security fixes, the new update will also make changes to how Java applets—Web-based Java applications—are handled and presented in Web browsers that have the Java plug-in enabled.

“The Java 7u21 release introduces changes to security messages related to running Java applets and applications,” Oracle said in a technical document that explains the changes.