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Azul Zing Builds of OpenJDK, the optimized Java runtime within Azul Platform Prime, has reached the release of the 24.08 Stable Release line. Zing builds are available in two versions: As stream builds happen in a fixed schedule, all changes …

In Part 1 of this series, “A Fresh Look at Embedded Java,” we explored the use of Java for embedded use cases. Azul and its Zulu Build of OpenJDK (Zulu) are the ideal partners in this part of the software …

OpenJDK (Java) 23 is (almost) here! OpenJDK 23 introduces three new features to the language and runtime and many bug fixes, small improvements, and a longer list of preview features. What are the most important facts about this release? Let’s …

Java is the environment that offers the highest developer productivity thanks to its many amazing tools, evolutions, and community.

Indexing the entirety of English Wikipedia on a laptop has become a practical reality thanks to recent advances in the JVector library that will be part of the imminent 3.0 release.

As soon as Java 22 is out, it’ll be time to walk through all the functionalities that this version bring to us as developers.

Last September, we got Java 21, a Long Term Support (LTS) version with eight new big features and seven incubator or preview features. Does Java 22 also bring that much innovation, or is it “just” a bug-fix release?

Today’s Java is vastly different, although it is still true to its root principles of robustness, portability, and ease of programming. Your options for where to get your Java have similarly evolved.

So, you might be wondering: Are they all the same? If not, what differentiates them? How do I know which one to use?

A widget on your MacOS desktop that shows the days until the next release/update of OpenJDK, and more.

As Java developers, we all have it installed on our computer: the Java Development Kit, also known as the JDK. In this article, we’ll explore the files of the JDK.