Sun announced at JavaOne that the development kit for its Java Platform Standard Edition platform will be available to developers on an open-source basis with GPLv2 licensing.

Oracle released a new version of the Java Development Kit, JDK 7 Update 40, with new performance and security enhancements.

The Java SE Development Kit consists of the Java compiler, tools for creating and managing JAR (Java Archive) files, and tools for managing and monitoring the JVM.

Marking a watershed moment for Java programmers, Oracle today is releasing JDK (Java Development Kit) 8, accommodating lambda expressions and representing a shift in how developers approach the ...

Java Development Kit (JDK) 25, a planned long-term support (LTS) release of standard Java, has reached the initial release candidate stage, with the stabilization branch open for critical bug fixes.