James Gosling, the father of Java and a fellow at Sun Microsystems Inc., graced the Software Development Conference and Expo East 2002 with his presence this week, addressing a wide range of issues ...

Since its release in 1983, C++ has gained a large following. In its time, C++ represented a natural upgrade path for projects that started with C but needed to migrate to a more disciplined language ...

Hybridizing Java sounds sexy but learning ActionScript … not so much. In this two-part article, Chet Haase gets you started toward the Great Migration, with a Java developer’s perspective on what’s ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The latest long-term support (LTS) release of the JDK is Java 21, which was released in ...

With opportunity everywhere, the Javasoft division of Sun Microsystems seems to be going in every direction. This is particularly visible in the company's ambitious effort to find new places to push ...

For Java-based programs such as Maven, Jenkins, Gradle or Tomcat to run, they need to know that Java's JDK is installed. That's the purpose of the JAVA_HOME environment variable. It tells programs ...

I have a project where I need to play sounds in Java through whatever speaker is attached - I don't care if it is the sound card, the PC speaker, whatever. Anyway, I need to create sequences of beeps ...

Every time I try to print from a Web page, I get this error message: "Error in script on page. Class doesn't support animation line 2072." I can copy, paste, then ...

Last week, we looked closely at the mizrab or plectrum used by sitar players and the reasons for its significance in sitar recitals. Sarod players also use a plectrum, but this is vastly different ...