The JRE creates the JVM and ensures dependencies are available to your programs. The JDK allows you to create Java programs that can be executed and run by the JVM and JRE.

JRE (Java Runtime Environment) is a software package that provides Java class libraries, along with Java Virtual Machine (JVM), and other components to run applications written in Java programming.

Originally launched in April 2024, Liberica JDK Performance Edition was built to give legacy Java applications a serious performance boost.

Java 24 arrived today in a production release, packed with two dozen features. It’s a short-term support release eligible for six months of premier support.

JDK Mission Control is feckless without a Java Flight Recorder file to profile. Here are 3 easy ways you can start Java Flight Recorder in Eclipse and monitor your JVM in JMC.