Java-SE-Development-Kit 2025 JDK 21 is the latest Long-Term Support (LTS) release of the Java SE Platform. Earlier JDK versions are available below.

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.

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.

As Oracle slowly relinquishes more and more control of the Java Platform to the open-source community, one starts to wonder if being stewards of the Java Platform was more of a curse or a blessing.

Java's current release cycle is intended to be two years, but Java 9 has encountered significant delays due to the Java Platform Modules System (Jigsaw) and is now around 18 months late.

Oracle has announced the availability of Java SE 13 (JDK 13) during the company’s Oracle Open World conference and exhibition in San Francisco. Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) is used ...

Work on Java SE 9 is moving forward apace, Mark Reinhold assured attendees during the JavaOne opening keynote on Sunday, but it won't be ready as soon as they hope. The chief architect for Oracle's ...

Oracle on Wednesday is proposing some changes to the ways Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) is produced and distributed, designed to make life easier for developers. The software giant is ...

Based on Java SE, Java ME (or J2ME, as we knew it in 1999) was the platform for Java applications running on small devices with limited memory, display, and power capacity.