It's been a long wait, but it's finally here: Oracle announced today the general availability of Java SE 9, the Java Platform Enterprise Edition 8 and the Java EE 8 Software Development Kit.

3) a set of Compact Profiles which are essentially a subset of the Java SE for applications that run on small devices. An additional benefit is that this new feature will likely make possible faster ...

Once Java SE 8 is released, we will need to take another look at how this feature can be added to the Platform in a release prior to Java SE 9.

JSR (Java Specification Request) 336, for Java SE 7 (Java Platform, Standard Edition), and JSR 337, for Java SE 8, were given initial approvals after a one-week extension of voting by the JCP ...

The free and open source Zulu 8.0 is compatible and compliant with the recently launched Java SE 8.

For Java developers just getting started with embedded programming and IoT, this guide will orient you in Java ME's history and the new Java ME 8 and Java Embedded platforms.