Get clued in to lesser known open source Java projects that can save you time and money -- starting this month with Bernhard Pauler's balloontip project for Swing GUI development.

Project Harmony aims to create version of Java desktop software with an open-source license--something Sun has resisted in the past.

Java is a programming language that allows developers to write once and deploy everywhere -– from high-end gaming desktops to smartphones. Its OS-agnostic and widespread nature is one of its ...

The most important of these new security improvements is the expansion of the Security Alerts feature, which now also supports Java and .NET projects, on top of the original JavaScript, Ruby, and ...

Given Oracle's track record with open source projects—more specifically, the trail of dead or forked projects the company has left in its wake—there has been ample reason for concern about Java.

Gradle is a Java build tool without the out-of-the-box functionality of a tool like Maven but has the capability with smart build functionality to handle multiple projects at once.

An academic paper [PDF] published in 2018 identified a code snippet Lundblad posted on the site as the most copied Java code taken from StackOverflow and then re-used in open source projects.

If developing applications for databases using Java is part of your company's software development strategy, understanding how to incorporate flat database files into Java projects can be helpful.

In this installment of Open source Java projects, Jeff Friesen introduces the AnimatingCardLayout API and its six built-in transition effects: cube, dashboard, fade, iris, radial, and slide.