Programming Languages

Oracle updates Java, JavaFX for OS X, ARM, and Linux

Standard edition of Java will run on Mac OS X, two versions of ARM processor; JavaFX gains Linux and multitouch capabilities

Oracle, AMD urge support for Java GPU proposal

Java processing would be segmented via OpenJDK into work for graphics processor and work for CPU

Google releases new Web development aids

The new tools are for tracking JavaScript memory leaks and for accessing Google APIs

OpenStack, GitHub, OmniOS: Three projects, one lesson

Why it's better to exert influence than control over open source projects

NetBeans 7.2: Refactoring Parameterized Constructor As Builder

Book Review: Java EE 6 Cookbook for Securing, Tuning, and Extending Enterprise Applications

Oracle gives Java 6 support another extension

Developers now have until next February to migrate to the Java 7 upgrade

Apache Cassandra database upgrade due this fall

Open source NoSQL database will get schema change and virtual node capabilities; query improvements are also eyed

10 practices of highly ineffective software developers

Some are bad habits to overcome; some are poor decisions forced by managers who don't know what they're doing. Read 'em ... and weep

Oracle gives Java 6 support another extension

Developers now have until next February to migrate to the Java 7 upgrade