Java SE at a Glance

What's New

Missed JavaOne 2011? Catch up with these two compact wrap-up videos that cover JavaOne excitement, community updates, Oracle leadership, and progress in Java SE, JavaFX, Java EE, Java ME, and Java Cloud.

Oracle Continues to Move Java Forward and Details Java SE 8 Roadmap
Twitter Becomes the Latest Company to Join the OpenJDK Community

Plans for the next version of Java SE 8 are moving forward and Oracle is announcing a revised roadmap for a release with expanded scope, with availability expected in summer 2013.

Oracle Releases JavaFX 2.0
Latest Version of Rich Client Platform Leverages the Power of Java to Enable the Creation of State-of-the-Art Application User Interfaces

At JavaOne 2011, Oracle announced the availability of JavaFX 2.0, an advanced Java user interface (UI) platform for enterprise business applications and the next step in the evolution of Java as a premier rich client platform.

Working with Java SE 7 Exception Changes
Learn how to take advantage of improved exception handling, one of many useful small language changes found in Project Coin, in Java SE 7.

Fork and Join: Java Can Excel at Painless Parallel Programming Too!
This article describes the rich primitives added in Java SE 5 and Java SE 6 by the java.util.concurrent packages to deal with concurrency and the fork/join framework provided in Java SE 7 to support parallelism.

Archive of Technical Articles

Get the Latest Java News with the Java Spotlight Podcast
A weekly show with indepth interviews, new, and insights for and from Java developers. The show is hosted by Roger Brinkley and Terrence Barr and includes a somewhat rotating All Star Java Developer Panel.

Java SE 7 Contributor Honor Roll
Many thanks to the skilled developers who contributed to the release of Java 7 by previewing the JDK and submitting your bugs. Click on link above to get the complete list of the hardworking Java
developers worldwide.

Updates
 

Java SE 7 Update 2 Released
This release includes performance improvements, bug fixes, support for Solaris 11, and Firefox 5 and up. See the Release Notes for full details.
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Java SE 6 Update 30
This release includes performance improvements and bug fixes. Learn more  Download it

JavaFX 2.0.2 Now Available
This release includes fixes, enhancements and a new feature: SWT integration. Learn more  Download it

Java SE for Embedded 7 Update 2
This update release includes support for the PowerPC-based processor platform as well as additional optimizations for ARM-based processors. Release Notes  Download it

Java SE for Embedded 6 Update 30
This release includes numerous bug fixes. Release Notes  Download it

JDK 7 for Mac OS X Developer Preview
The Developer Preview of Oracle JDK7 to Mac OS X, based on Apple's contributions to OpenJDK. The Developer Preview is provided to the community so that we can get feedback on the ongoing progress of the project. Download it

Community

JavaOne Content on Parleys.com
Around 40% of the JavaOne sessions were recorded to provide JavaOne content on Parleys' eLearning platform and will, over the next couple of weeks, be made available. The first batches are up and ready for viewing.

JCP.next Final Approval Ballot - We have a go!
JSR 348 is there to change the JCP itself and add transparency to the process. See the details of JSR 348.

The Importance of Twitter’s Participation in OpenJDK
Twitter has announced they’ve signed the Contributor Agreement for OpenJDK and plan to be active participants. Also, they announced that they’ve joined the JCP. DonalOJDK Blog

JVM Language Summit Video and Presentations
Watch session video and download presentations from the 2011 JVM Language Summit, an open technical collaboration among language designers, compiler writers, tool builders, runtime engineers, and VM architects.
 

Support and Training
 

Java SE 7 Certification: Raising The Bar
Oracle Certification is raising the bar with new upcoming Java SE 7 certification credentials.

Oracle Java SE Support and Oracle Java SE Advanced and Suite
Oracle has revamped its Java for Business program and is announcing the launch of Oracle Java SE Support and Oracle Java SE Advanced and Suite.