Java remains the most popular programming language, but few people would call it the coolest programming language. Some may even argue that it's an increasingly outdated language and, for that reason, ...

If you had to boil down the keynote messages from Oracle executives and guest speakers at this year's JavaOne conference, held in San Francisco last week, you could do it with two phrases: Java first!

Oracle execs speaking to attendees at last week's JavaOne conference pushed hard on the "Java First" concept. Mark Cavage, Oracle's new VP of product development in the company's Java and Container ...