THREE YEARS AGO, when we first tested a two-way pager, we didn’t notice its squinty display and cramped keyboard. Instead, we saw a tiny, battery-powered, programmable system with a built-in wireless ...

James Gosling mans the T-shirt launcher during the JavaOne Conference at Moscone Center in San Francisco last July. Shown here are third-place winners the Caffeinators and their calibrated ...

Every programming language comes with a learning curve, but Java shares many similarities with C, C++ and JavaScript. Anyone with experience in any of those languages will pick up Java syntax quickly.

In Thursday’s puzzle, “Java” was the answer to the clue “Programming language named for a drink named for an island.” By Alexis Benveniste This is Clued In, a column that will give you insight into ...

The JDK is the development platform for building Java applications. Learn about different JDK versions, then install a JDK in your development environment and use it to compile a Java program. The ...