Marking a watershed moment for Java programmers, Oracle today is releasing JDK (Java Development Kit) 8, accommodating lambda expressions and representing a shift in how developers approach the ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Oracle announced on March 3 the release of Java ...

Java Standard Edition 8 (Java SE 8) isn't due until March, but Oracle has just released a preview build for testing by developers. The Developer Preview for JDK (Java Development Kit) 8, known as ...

Even though a general-release development kit for Java SE (Standard Edition) 8 is not due until next year, Oracle is offering a preview build for developers to test right now. In a blog post, Oracle’s ...

As March 18, the final release date of the Java Developer Kit 8 (JDK8), approaches, the Java community could hardly be faulted for holding its collective breath. After all, the release date has been ...

The Java Development Kit (JDK) is a development environment for building Java applications and applets that can then run on any Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The JDK includes a variety of development ...