Sun has released a beta version of the next release of Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE), a set of specifications used for creating desktop applications and which also form the basis of Java development ...

Assertions have been in the software engineering canon for many years, most notably as the centerpiece of the Design by Contract facility that Bertrand Meyer built into his Eiffel programming language ...

Sun executives said the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company has decided to dump the generic Sun Community Source License (SCSC) currently used for J2SE source code in favor of three new license types ...

Details that point to a more mature Java are in store this week as Sun Microsystems features a new version of the Java 2 Platform at JavaOne in San Francisco. Known at one time as Project Tiger, and ...

The test version of the J2SE development specification includes enhancements designed to make Java programmers more productive and desktop Java applications easier to manage. Martin LaMonica is a ...

J2EE is as much a design philosophy as it is an actual development platform. Having worked with J2SE, you've got the essential building blocks (assuming you were any ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. has released a beta version of the next release of Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE), a set of specifications used for creating desktop applications and which also form the basis of ...

"Project Peabody" adds two licenses that make it easier for outsiders to see the code. But Sun stops short of embracing open source. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

Apple has made available Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Release 3, which improves functionality of J2SE 5.0 on Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.2 and later, according to the company. Apple said that ...

Assertions are a fairly simple construct added to the soon-to-be released J2SE (Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition) 1.4. As a basic description, an assertion specifies a boolean-typed expression a ...