How Does Java Work?. Released in 1995, the philosophy behind Java is "write once, run anywhere." In other words, a program written in Java can theoretically run on any machine that supports it.

Java Flight Recorder is a JVM profiler that continuously gathers performance metrics and won't cause performance issues or extra runtime costs.

What's the best approach to becoming a Java certified developer? We talk with certification guide author Jeanne Boyarsky on how to best approach getting Java certified.

Conclusion Scripts commonly need to create files for temporary use and Java now provides several easy approaches for ensuring automatic deletion of files meant to be temporary in nature and to be ...

Learn how to use the NIO and NIO.2 packages in common Java programming scenarios, including memory mapping, multi-port networking, and character encoding and searches.

Java Web Start can make deploying Java apps a breeze, but it may prevent those apps from accessing needed resources. Find out how to use Java Network Launching Protocol and application signing to ...