In its 20 years, Java is used for building everything from mobile phone apps to video games to enterprise IT applications. The language is designed to run across multiple software platforms.

Twenty-year-old Java, despite being long in the tooth, is still the most popular programming language for developing enterprise applications. The TIOBE index, which is one measure of the popularity of ...

Java may still be getting bad press when it comes to (mostly consumer) security, but it continues to be the world's most popular software development language.

Oracle ORCL recently announced the release of Java 20, the latest version of the world’s number-one development platform and programming language.Java 20, also known as Oracle JDK 20, includes ...

After 20 years at the top of the programming-language tree, Java looks set to be overtaken by Python.

James Gosling, the father of Java, one of the world's most widely used programming languages, has talked with research scientist Lex Fridman about Java's origins and his motivations for creating a ...

Java, Sun's "write once, run anywhere" computer language, can run on many operating systems and devices, and is widely used on the Internet.

The Department of Homeland Security is urging computer users to disable or uninstall the Java programming language because of a serious security vulnerability. The flaw in Java 7 "can allow a ...

Python has surpassed Java as the top language used to introduce U.S. students to programming and computer science, according to a recent survey posted by the Association for Computing Machinery ...