The lack of an effective modular programming model has frustrated Java developers since the Java platform’s infancy. Until recently no single solution had stuck. In this article, Jeff Hanson ...

But the new Java Platform Module System features need development tools to really take advantage of them. Here is where several key Java development tools stand in their modularity support.

Java is set to take on a more modular approach with the planned Java SE Development Kit 7 upgrade to the platform, Sun announced.

The next version of Java will feature modularity, a controversial feature which promises performance and scalability benefits.

1Java Moving Forward With Faster Pace Release Schedule, Modular System Among the key messages and themes that emerged at the JavaOne 2017 conference, held in San Francisco Oct. 1 to 5, is that the ...