A Java Archive, or JAR file, contains all of the various components that make up a self-contained, executable Java application, deployable Java applet or, most commonly, a Java library to which any ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. While social media websites such Facebook and LinkedIn made it incredibly easy for a user to ...

A lot of Windows users, when trying to open Java-based applications such as Minecraft, are seeing the following error message. A problem caused the program to stop ...

A day after Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy said open-source software is his company's friend, a prominent advocate of the collaborative programming philosophy has called upon the server maker to ...

GCToolkit parses log files into discrete events and has an API for aggregating data from those events, allowing complex analyses of the state of managed memory in the JVM. Microsoft’s Java Engineering ...

I have touched on several subjects in individual posts prior to this one that now come together in this single post. These subjects include use of File.deleteOnExit() in Groovy, creation of temporary ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

It’s no surprise that Sun Microsystems is making its core Java platform freely available. What is somewhat unexpected is the vendor’s choice of open-source license. In all the open sourcing of its ...

After much market speculation, Sun Microsystems today announced it will adopt the GNU General Public License (GPL) to govern open source Java. It also releases the first set of source codes to the ...