If you’ve used the Java Native Interface (JNI) to make a platform-specific native library accessible to your Java programs, you know how tedious it can be. Jeff ...

After much market speculation, Sun Microsystems today announced it will adopt the GNU General Public License (GPL) to govern open source Java. It also releases the first set of source codes to the ...

The NetBeans IDE is pretty good on its own, but even handier once you start extending it with plugins specific to your needs. In this installment of Open source Java projects, Jeff Friesen introduces ...