JVM architect John Rose has proposed the creation of a new OpenJDK Project to be titled “Project Metropolis”, an incubator for experimenting with advanced JVM implementation techniques. The next step will be a call for votes.

It’s been nearly two years since we last heard from CoffeeScript. The latest news is definitely worth the wait: CoffeeScript 2 is finally available. This latest release has all sorts of goodies and extras, bringing CoffeeScript into the modern JavaScript era.

Women are underrepresented in the tech sector —myth or reality? In addition to the Women in Tech survey, we also launched a diversity series aimed at bringing the most inspirational and powerful women in the tech scene to your attention. Today, we’d like you to meet Michelle Glauser, Founder & CEO at Techtonica.

Built to reduce the learning curve for developers and DBAs working in next-gen database environments, Toad Edge is a flexible toolset for developing and managing open source databases. We talked to Greg Davoll, Software Product Leader at Quest Software, about the growth of open source technologies and why Toad Edge helps bridge the gap between DevOps and database development.

Let’s go on a treasure hunt! In our Pirates of the JVM infographic, you’ll discover the finest jewels (a.k.a. programming languages) of the Java platform. Come and see for yourself!

Energy efficient isn’t just a hardware problem. Your programming language choices can have serious effects on the efficiency of your energy consumption. We dive deep into what makes a programming language energy efficient.

Developers rejoice! IBM’s J9 is now an open source project. Pre-built OpenJDK binaries are now available on AdoptOpenJDK. Let’s see how Eclipse OpenJ9 fits into the OpenJDK ecosystem.

How do we design software so it doesn’t fail? Are we responsible for reliability? In this interview, JAX London speaker Kevlin Henney explains why we all need to work together and reveals why software reliability is more than just a business decision.

Eclipse XACC is an open-source hybrid programming model and reference implementation called the eXtreme-scale ACCelerator programming framework, or XACC for short. In this article, Alex McCaskey et al. introduce quantum computing and how we can develop a smart high-level software infrastructure to go with this leap forward in computing hardware.

Choosing a favorite font to code in is a highly personal preference. But is there a font that is the best for coding? We look at the pros and cons of the top five coding fonts. (Spoiler: it’s not Papyrus.)

How do you start testing your apps? In this first installation in a series of four articles, JAX London speaker Gil Tayar introduces frontend testing for beginners, starting from what it is and why testing code is not optional.

Today’s conventional wisdom says that in the digital age every company is a software company. But are they really? In this article, Richard Gall explains how finance professionals can adopt a DevOps culture.

Eclipse Picasso is a free open-source DNN visualization tool that gives you partial occlusion and saliency maps with minimal fuss. In this article, Ryan Henderson explains some of the problems that arise with machine learning and how you can avoid them with Eclipse Picasso.