Last Wednesday’s post was about Oracle’s choice (or failure to make one) about which of the various IDEs it’s created/inherited to support. It’s an important issue, but one largely of interest to the ...

The Microsoft Open Technologies group (MS Open Tech) has released an initial preview of a new plugin for JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA Java IDE and the open-source Android Studio IDE, which is based on the ...

Google has released App Inventor for Android, a new Java development environment aimed at the recently oft-targeted non-coder developer who wants to build an app for the Android operating system. It's ...

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好的程序员总是对开发环境有着不同寻常的熟悉，有的人可能对完整的IDE熟悉，它们也是本文的重点，还有人可能会emacs或 vi/vim这样的编辑器熟悉，但据调查发现，开发人员每隔几年就会转移到新的IDE，有可能是项目需要，或跳槽到了新公司，或是自己的偏好 ...

If you want to build an Android app you can install the software development kit on your computer and then test your apps in an emulator or export them to an Android device — or you can just fire up a ...

Wondering what the lawyers and programmers are talking about in the highest-profile tech trial in years? Here's a guide to the ties between Android and Java -- and the history leading up to the case.

Which Java IDE is best? Compare IntelliJ IDEA , Eclipse, and NetBeans for features, usability, and compatibility with your favorite tools and frameworks. Every Java programmer needs a programming ...