The JDK contains a set of compilers and related tools for the Java language, as well as the JVM and its diagnostic tools. The JVM works with bytecodes and converts them into machine code.

JEP Draft 8283227, JDK Source Structure, an informational JEP type, describes the overall layout and structure of the JDK source code and related files in the JDK repository.

Programming languages: Java developers flock to Kotlin and ditch Oracle JDK for OpenJDK New survey reveals the most popular tools used by Java developers.

Formal processes are in place for proposing, approving, and executing on Java features, with a global community of developers is behind those efforts.

Oracle has announced the availability of Java 19 and Oracle JDK 19 for developers, the latest versions of what is arguably the world's most popular programming language. JDK (Java Development Kit ...

Developers participating in the evolution of standard Java may soon have a new source-code management system for the project, with the community set to investigate alternatives—including Git ...

Oracle has announced it will drop support for the Java browser plug-in in the next release of the Java Development Kit, JDK 9, which is expected to be released in early 2017.