LAS VEGAS—Geert Bevin, creator of an open-source Java Web development framework known as RIFE, said he started his project in 2002 to bring the simplicity of scripting or dynamic languages to Java.

Java revolutionized software development 30 years ago. Even with the rise of web apps, there's a bright future for Java desktop application development.

Looking to make Web development easier for Java developers, the Apache Software Foundation began offering this week Apache Wicket 1.3, an open source component-based Web framework.

In traditional Web development, you would code everything in Java and throw in a little XML and almost like magic, the HTML would be rendered for you. With HTML5, Java code can be used to create fat ...

In this article, an excerpt from his book Art of Java Development, Neal Ford introduces the WebWork open source development framework. He discusses its architecture, configuration, and key concepts.

Learning Java can help aspiring developers understand the foundations of programming because of the language’s wide usage and functionality.

Netscape wanted to capitalize on the hype surrounding java when it was introduced (JavaScript was originally called LiveScript).<BR><BR>JavaScript is often used for client side web development tasks.

Adobe unveils Apollo, a runtime applet tool like Flash Player designed to build Web-based applications that run offline.