Oracle has extended public updates for Java Development Kit (JDK) 8 until at least January 2019. These had been slated to end in September 2018.

Oracle has proposed several new implementation milestones for version 8 of the Java Development Kit (JDK 8), beginning with Milestone 1 on April 24 and ending with Milestone 6 on Jan. 30, 2013.

The Java JDK (Java Development Kit) is a software development environment that creates Java applications.

JDK 8 was offered as a developer preview in September and as a final release candidate in January. Although Java 8 will be available today, Oracle will hold an official launch webcast on March 25.

Programming languages: Java developers flock to Kotlin and ditch Oracle JDK for OpenJDK New survey reveals the most popular tools used by Java developers.

JDK 7 for Mac OS X Developer Preview is available at jdk7.java.net. Oracle also announced its plans for the next version of Java SE (version 8), which the company will release in the summer of 2013.

Oracle may be the stewards of the Java programming language, but their market share in Java Development Kit (JDK) distributions has significantly dropped over the past two years.

Oracle today announced the general availability of JDK 11, the latest update of the reference implementation of the Java SE Platform, and the first Long Term Support (LTS) update under the company's ...

Oracle has released Java Platform, Standard Edition 7 Update 4 and JavaFX 2.1, Oracle's first releases of the Java Development Kit and JavaFX SDK for Mac OS X.

Red Hat has assumed stewardship from Oracle over OpenJDK 8 and OpenJDK 11, which strengthens Red Hat's support for the Java community -- particularly enterprise Java developers.