ZDNet

Programming languages: Why Meta is moving its Android apps from Java to Kotlin

Engineers at Facebook parent Meta have detailed their multi-year effort to convert the codebases for its numerous Android apps from the Java programming language over to Kotlin. That's a large task ...
ZDNet

Programming languages: Java founder James Gosling reveals more on Java and Android

James Gosling, the father of Java, one of the world's most widely used programming languages, has talked with research scientist Lex Fridman about Java's origins and his motivations for creating a ...
InfoWorld

WasmGC and the future of front-end Java development

WebAssembly’s garbage collection extension makes it easier to run languages like Java on the front end. Could it be the start of a new era in web development? JavaScript is the clear choice for ...
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Huawei to open-source self-developed programming language Cangjie to rival Java and Swift

The language supports general programming for apps on HarmonyOS Next, Huawei's self-developed platform Huawei Technologies is set to open-source its self-developed programming language, Cangjie, ...
CRN

New Oracle NetBeans IDE Sets Stage For Java 7 Development

Oracle, which acquired the NetBeans IDE as part of its acquisition of Sun Microsystems last year, said the new NetBeans IDE 7.0 release demonstrates its continuing commitment to the NetBeans community ...