Oracle Announces Availability of Java SE 7

July 29, 2011 - PRLog -- News Facts
· Oracle today announced the availability of Java Platform, Standard Edition 7 (Java SE 7) visit http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/index-jsp-138218.html for details, the first release of the Java platform under Oracle stewardship.
· The Java SE 7 release is the result of industry-wide development involving open review, weekly builds and extensive collaboration between Oracle engineers and members of the worldwide Java ecosystem via the OpenJDK Community visit http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/ and the Java Community Process (JCP) visit http://www.jcp.org/en/home/index.

· Java SE 7 delivers:
         o Language changes to help increase developer productivity and simplify common programming tasks by reducing the amount of code needed, clarifying syntax and making code easier to read. (JSR 334: Project Coin)
        o Improved support for dynamic languages (including: Ruby, Python and JavaScript), resulting in substantial performance increases on the JVM. (JSR 292: InvokeDynamic)
        o A new multicore-ready API that enables developers to more easily decompose problems into tasks that can then be executed in parallel across arbitrary numbers of processor cores. (JSR 166: Fork/Join Framework)
         o A comprehensive I/O interface for working with file systems that can access a wider array of file attributes and offer more information when errors occur. (JSR 203: NIO.2)
         o New networking and security features
         o Expanded support for internationalization, including Unicode 6.0 support
         o Updated versions of numerous libraries
· Strong backward compatibility of Java SE 7 with previous versions of the platform preserves the skill sets of current Java software developers and protects Java technology investments.
· Developers interested in getting started immediately with the Java SE 7 release can leverage the NetBeans visit http://netbeans.org/community/releases/70/ for details Integrated Development Environment (IDE) 7.0 visit http://netbeans.org/community/releases/70/ for details, Eclipse Indigo with the additional Java SE 7 plug-in or IntelliJ IDEA 10.5, which support the latest features of the Java SE 7 platform. Oracle JDeveloper visit http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/jdev/ov... for details support for JDK 7 is intended for a release later this year.

Java Facts and Figures
· 97% of enterprise desktops run Java
· 1 billion Java downloads each year
· 9 million developers worldwide
· #1 programming language (TIOBE Programming Community Index)
· More than 3 billion devices are powered by Java technology

Supporting Quote

“We’re very excited about Java SE 7; this is a great release with strong technology updates. I'm pleased that the Java community has come together in favor of technical progress and that we have a clear path forward for Java SE 8,” said Hasan Rizvi, senior vice president Oracle Fusion Middleware and Java Products. “Oracle has a strong vested interest in the success of the Java platform and is firmly committed to delivering a consistent, high-performance, high-quality Java SE implementation and will be supporting the Java SE 7 release across the Oracle Fusion Middleware product portfolio.”


Supporting Resources
· Java 7 Celebration Webcast Replay visit http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/events/java7/index.html for details
· Java Platform, Standard Edition visit http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/index-jsp-138218.html for details
· OpenJDK visit http://openjdk.java.net/ for details
· JDK 7 Project in OpenJDK visit http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/ for details
· Java at Oracle visit http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/java/index.html for details
· Java Magazine visit http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javamagazine/index.html for details
· Planet JDK (JDK developer blogs) visit http://planetjdk.org/ for details
· Java User Groups visit http://www.java.net/jugs/java-user-groups for details
· Java Source Blog visit http://blogs.oracle.com/java/ for details
· Follow the conversation on Twitter: follow @Java visit http://twitter.com/#!/java for detailsand use #java7
· I Love Java on Facebook visit http://www.facebook.com/ilovejava for details

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