Programming Languages

Java 8 on ARM: Oracle’s new shot against Android?

The preview Java 8 release for ARM also supports the little-adopted JavaFX on the very popular mobile chip

Oracle to stop patching Java 6 in February 2013

The move presents problems for Mac owners running Snow Leopard and earlier versions of OS X

Android fragmentation: For developers, it’s a bug and a feature

Developers seek the sliver lining of mobile-platform fragmentation

The Perl programming language turns 25

Meet the 'Swiss Army chainsaw' of scripting languages at age 25

HTML5 is now feature-complete; here’s what comes next

The World Wide Web Consortium has a roster of proposed enhancements, including better forms, spell checking, and video captioning

Java 7 Update 10 allows users to restrict Java in browsers

Java users can now block Web-based Java content completely or enforce strict restrictions for it

HTML5 now ‘feature-complete,’ W3C says

Consortium's next priority is tackling vexing browser defragmentation for the open Web platform

Running individual tests in Rails

Groovy: Multiple Values for a Single Command-line Option

Official document reveals the rules of Oracle’s cloud

Analysts: Oracle cloud services customers should be mindful of the fine print