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We all know that containerizing Java applications is anything but simple. But Jib is an open-source Java containerizer from Google that aspires to change that! In this article, we take a look at its first milestone release and its features.

Are you ready to build your Maven-based project with Java 9? Then you’ve come to the right place! Here are six things that you need to know to make the two play nice together.

JAR hell is an endearing term referring to the problems that arise from the characteristics of Java’s class loading mechanism. Nicolai Parlog is on hand to go through the different problems you might come across whilst exploring these Java anomalies.

Licensing software under two separate licenses can be quite a challenge.

Build your own bespoke music recommendations engine with the help of this smashing Kiji tutorial.

Java steward announces a raft of updates to middleware and developer products in “next-generation” charge.

Eclipse’s annual report shows the open source foundation has plenty of work ahead of Kepler.

Ideas surrounding Spring’s Scala move surface – question is, can it help turn things round?

Mark Reinhold’s forthright explanation of Project Jigsaw’s delay has failed to quell dissent – but we agree that it’s probably the right call.

With Scala as a language getting several new intricacies, you need a tool capable of testing them. Look no further…

More than a year on from the last big release, the JBoss community’s set of Eclipse plugins gets a well-needed update in 3.3. Their no-fuss distribution, Developer Studio 5.0 gets a final release too

With a final release set for the end of June, a sneak peek at JBoss Tools and Developer Studio is now available through a release candidate

That time of year has come round again – time for another Eclipse Community Survey, with some very interesting findings

Ronald Steininger, Arne Limburg, and Mark Struberg delve into the world of portable CDI extensions