Developers have welcomed Sun's release of Java Standard Edition 6, which gives better support for scripting languages and web services ...

Latest release of the JVM language also features hundreds of new and improved extension methods including 10x faster arrays.

A scripting language can give your Java programs power they wouldn't ordinarily have. Utilities such as IBM's Bean Scripting Framework make hooking Tcl, Python, Perl, and other scripting languages ...

The Java platforms (J2SE and J2EE) are filled with rich and useful features, making Java an extremely useful resource for more than mere programming. To use Java, a good scripting tool is needed.

JBang provides a way of running Java code as a script, similar to JShell. However, unlike JShell, JBang works great on Java 8 and can be used to automatically download dependent libraries as well ...

The next version of JavaSE 6, codenamed Mustang, will define a framework for scripts and scripting engines to interface and interoperate with Java. Try your hand at scripting using these tips.

Scripting initiative would capitalize on languages widely used in Web applications and considered easier to use than Java.

BANGALORE, INDIA: In recent years, Google search trends show that searches for the word "Java" are declining slightly, and searches for scripting language names, like JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Python ...