Programming code is a specification and architecture for the development and deployment of distributed server side, transactional and secure application components. Application developers focus on ...

The first early access builds of JDK 9 with Project Jigsaw, the initiative that's bringing modularity to the Java platform, are now available for download.

Java, the 14-year-old language and application platform founded by Sun Microsystems, is set to take on a more modular approach with the planned Java SE Development Kit 7 upgrade to the platform ...

However, Java 13 does also bring dynamic class-data sharing archives, memory improvements, and a new implementation of the Java sockets application programming interface.

In the aftermath, Java Development Kit 9, where the module system was to be delivered, was postponed from July 27 to September 21. Afterward, work proceeded to address the concerns.