It has recently become popular to differentiate between the Java platform and the Java language, but many Java developers still are unsure of how to incorporate scripting into Java application ...

Some Java applications’ requirements make integration with a scripting language necessary. For example, your users may need to write scripts that drive the application, extend it, or contain ...

Sun releases Java Standard Edition 6, a Java desktop update meant to work better with scripting languages.

Is recursion in Java a good approach to complex problem solving? I’ll share my thoughts on the topic at the end of the article. But first, explore these five Java recursion examples on your own and ...

Don't let the occurrence of a RuntimeException in Java bring your code to a standstill. Here are 10 examples of how to avoid runtime exceptions in Java.

Java is a popular programming language that every programmer should learn. This article explains much of what you need to know.

It prompted me to look at Python-like scripting languages that run in a Java environment. In this article, I discuss Jython and Groovy, two scripting languages that use the Java runtime environment.

Having an open-source Java virtual machine--something Sun Microsystems said it intends to do--will foster better JVMs for scripting languages, Yared said.