All Java programs are compiled into class files that contain bytecodes, the machine language of the Java virtual machine. In this JavaWorld classic, Bill Venners goes under the hood of the JVM to ...

Right from day one, the standard format for packaging Java programs was the Java ARchive, or JAR file for short. There's nothing particularly interesting about a JAR file. At its heart, it's simply a ...

Nandini Ramani is a tireless advocate of Java technology. It is worth recalling that when Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in 2009, doubts were cast whether Oracle would promote Java technology.