While you were getting your coffee, Java application development changed–again. In a world driven by rapid change and innovation, it’s ironic that APIs are making a comeback. Like the coding ...

Programming with APIs is a valuable enhancement to the software development lifecycle, in part because using APIs helps formalize our thinking about systems. As you’ve seen in this two-part article, ...

Every programming language comes with a learning curve, but Java shares many similarities with C, C++ and JavaScript. Anyone with experience in any of those languages will pick up Java syntax quickly.

Java has long been a powerhouse programming language thanks to its portability, robustness and extensive ecosystem. However, one major challenge for Java developers is interoperation with native code.

A software tool used in software programming that abstracts all the programming steps into a user interface for the developer. An application programming interface (API) is a software tool used in ...

Nearly three dozen computer scientists have signed off on a court brief opposing Oracle’s effort to copyright its Java APIs, a move they say would hold back the computer industry and deny affordable ...

The Supreme Court's eight justices on Wednesday seemed skeptical of Google's argument that application programming interfaces (APIs) are not protected by copyright law. The high court was hearing oral ...

Google’s use of the Oracle’s Java programming language in the Android operating system is legal, a federal jury found today in a verdict that could have major implications for the future of software ...