The Java ecosystem is bursting with tools and frameworks for just about every programming need. Here are seven open source Java projects you don't want to miss.

Open source licenses Each of the Java projects covered in this series is subject to an open source license, which you should understand before integrating the project with your own projects.

It’s unlikely we’ll see Portal 3 from Valve anytime soon, but thanks to a new fan project, you can now experience the next ...

NetBeans, a popular Java IDE formerly supported by Sun Microsystems and later Oracle, has graduated from the Apache Software Foundation's incubator to become a top-level project, where it will benefit ...

The Java on VS Code dev team manages the Extension Pack for Java. A major new feature in the December 2022 update is a graphical memory view in the Spring Boot Dashboard, a lightweight VS Code ...

Microsoft's regular monthly update to Java on Visual Studio Code (May 2023) brings new features around performance improvement, the user experience and Spring Boot integration, among many others.