Programming Languages

Ops to dev: It’s your fault, and here’s proof

A development team denies its quality control issue, but the numbers don't lie

The bull’s eye on mobility: Mobile for the masses

Introduction to design patterns, Part 3: Beyond software design patterns

Use patterns to improve interaction design, enterprise architecture, software methodology, and more

Gosling: New Java proposal could ease ports to iOS

Could statically linked JNI open the way to Java programming for iOS?

Cybercriminals using digitally signed Java exploits to trick users

The lack of default certification revocation checking in Java makes the problem worse, researchers say

Java zero-day holes appearing at the rate of one a day

Tongue-in-cheek tracker site drives home the point: As fast as Oracle can fix current bugs, more crop up to take their place

Oracle pulls Java 6 plug, but Apple likely to keep patching OS X Snow Leopard

If past practice is a clue, Apple will support Java 6 on Snow Leopard until second half of 2014

The 8 mobile OS upstarts that want to topple iOS and Android

Ubuntu, Firefox, Tizen, Sailfish, WebOS, Nokia Series 40, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone want a piece of the pie, but it won't be a cakewalk

Gosling: New Java proposal could ease ports to iOS

Java founder sees promise in JNI, which modifies standard Java to package runtime, as well as native and Java application code

Oracle releases emergency fix for Java zero-day exploit

The company broke out of its regular patching cycle for the second time this year to fix an actively exploited flaw