Popular updates like Project Jigsaw and the new JSON API get the hype, but Java 9 promises a goldmine of new features for developers who know where to look.

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 SE 9 comes with more than 150 new features, including the long awaited, much debated module system, as well as improvements designed, Oracle says, to bring more scalability, improved security, ...

JavaOne 2015 was the right time to dig into Java 9 JDK features JavaOne 2014 was all about the Java 8 release, so it's understandable that JavaOne 2015 was all about Java 9. Here we take a look at ...

Oracle has shipped Java 9 and Java EE 8, including support for modularity in Java 9 and a host of other features in both specifications to simplify development.

NEWS ANALYSIS: App developers say they strongly support Java 8 to take advantage of new functionality, such as Lambdas, even as they look ahead to Java 9's September 2016 release.

A preview feature in Java is one that is not yet added permanently even though its design, specification, and implementation are complete. Presently Java has quite a few preview features in the ...