The most significant addition to the Java language since Sun Microsystems rewrote the collections API for Java 5 is the introduction of Java records. Java records address two significant pain points ...

JDBC is an important part of the Java API, as most real-world Java applications require a database. Learning Java can be a great addition to your portfolio and help you land high-paid jobs. Use this ...

This project provides a walkthrough on how to develop your Liberty application locally while using IBM Bluemix services in the cloud or their local equivalents when available. If you are not going to ...

In context: Despite being designed in 1959, the COBOL programming language is still widely used in applications deployed on mainframe computers. COBOL offers secure, reliable and transactional ...

COBOL, or Common Business Oriented Language, is one of the oldest programming languages in use, dating back to around 1959. It’s had surprising staying power; according to a 2022 survey, there’s over ...

The product is targeted at modernizing mainframe applications that run on IBM Z systems, as the number of COBOL developers starts to dwindle. In a bid to help IBM Z systems customers modernize their ...

Generative AI comes to mainframe application modernization with a model trained on more than 115 code languages and 1.5 trillion tokens of data. IBM announced today watsonx Code Assistant for Z, a ...

Big Blue and open-source Java software company JBoss Group are mulling a Java standardization effort aimed at countering the growing popularity of Microsoft's C# language. Martin LaMonica is a senior ...

The two companies, which together hold significant sway over the market for Java application servers, are collaborating on a way to build common components within their products. Martin LaMonica is a ...