Until recently no single solution had stuck. In this article, Jeff Hanson explains why modularity is a next evolutionary step for the Java platform. He then surveys the two JSRs that propose to bring ...

As Oracle has been prone to do for the past nine months, company officials Tuesday pledged a strong commitment to Java technology. They even offered glimpses of a modular future for the platform.

Java 9 Standard Edition should bring big benefits to developers—as soon as it actually arrives. The planned update to the popular enterprise language and platform is set to offer a world of new ...

The first early access builds of JDK 9 with Project Jigsaw, the initiative that's bringing modularity to the Java platform, are now available for download. Before you jump in, you should definitely ...

Oracle, which officially took on the big job of shepherding Java two years ago this month, is traveling bumpy roads lately, with its modularization and licensing plans for Java raising eyebrows and ...

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Most experienced developers have experienced some form of system rot: the quality of a program deteriorates over time and it becomes more and more expensive to update and maintain it. This is often ...