I recently read in a book on a Java-based technology that one can determine if the JDK is installed by running java -version and looking for the the Strings “Client” or “Server” in the output of the ...

With each new Java platform release, the stewards of the language always include a few new preview features that can be toyed with only if a developer knows how to unlock the capabilities at runtime.

Moreover, if you want to track the progress of the various projects composing JDK 7, you may want to subscribe to their mailing lists. On January 13 th 2011, Mark Reinhold – chief architect of the ...

There’s nothing worse than installing your favorite Java-based application — such as Minecraft, Maven, Jenkins or Apache Pig — only to run into a JAVA_HOME is ...