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The Eclipse Foundation's Jakarta EE Working Group has released Jakarta EE 11, the latest version of its enterprise Java platform, marking a significant step in modernizing enterprise Java development ...

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Sun's new software store is an idea whose time has come, and one that sends Java hurtling head-to-head with Windows It’s not enough to offer developers platforms upon which to build applications.

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The module system introduced in Java 9 makes it easier to organize your code. Here’s a brief guide to working with modules in Java Until Java 9, Java’s top-level code organization element had been the ...