Oracle Charges for Java Updates: Now What?20190214091714
Oracle Charges for Java Updates: Now What?
Prior to January 2019, customers paid Oracle for a Java Standard Edition (SE) license plus annual support, and updates were provided for free. Startin...
Java vs Go: The Future of Distributed Computing20171024130145
Java vs Go: The Future of Distributed Computing
October 24, 2017activego, cloud, concurrency, docker, go, golang, java, jvm, microservices0 comments
This blog post is a summary of our white paper, “Death of Giants: Why Go Will Replace Java and C”. Download the white paper here. It seems like e...
Making the Jump to Go: A Guide for Java Developers20170929140535
Making the Jump to Go: A Guide for Java Developers
September 29, 2017activego, download go, go, golang, install go, java, server-side development0 comments
If you’re a Java developer like me, chances are you’ve heard rumblings of a trendy new language that came out of Google: Go. And if, like me, you...
Choosing the Right Programming Language for Your Enterprise20170815130453
Choosing the Right Programming Language for Your Enterprise
August 15, 2017go, golang, java, nodejs, php, programming language, programming language comparison, python, ruby0 comments
It’s becoming a common adage that every company is a tech company. As customer expectations have shifted in a “digital-first” world, companies i...
ActiveState 2016 Open Source Survey20160929170000
ActiveState 2016 Open Source Survey
September 29, 2016activeperl, activepythong, activetcl, agile, cloud technologies, infographic, java, javascript, open source, open source survey, perl, php, python, software methodologies, survey0 comments
We had a tremendous response to our first open source survey and on behalf of ActiveState I’d like to thank the 867 people who gave their time and t...
Python vs. Java: Duck Typing, Parsing on Whitespace and Other Cool Differences20160126170000
Python vs. Java: Duck Typing, Parsing on Whitespace and Other Cool Differences
January 26, 2016activepython, cython, duck typing, java, jython, parsing on white space, python0 comments
Python has a lot to offer Java developers, and the languages are interesting both in their similarities and their differences. In a prior blog, I dis...