With the release of Vert.x 2.0, now is the perfect time to learn about this JVM-based distributed application framework that was inspired by Node.js, but built to leverage the Java platform APIs.

Open source licenses Each of the open source Java projects covered in this series is subject to a license, which you should understand before integrating the project with your own projects.

With its ease of running code in many environments, the Java platform attracts a large share of open-source development interest.

Sonatype, the chief commercial supporter of the open-source Maven project, is working with Oracle to bring Java.net project artifacts to the Maven Central Repository.

Java Projects was introduced in August of last year as part of an effort to improve the "getting started" experience with Java on VS Code. "Our goal is to allow you access to all project management ...

Gradle is a Java build tool without the out-of-the-box functionality of a tool like Maven but has the capability with smart build functionality to handle multiple projects at once.

The recently introduced project view for managing Java projects in Visual Studio Code received several enhancements in the latest update to Java functionality provided in Microsoft's popular open ...