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Confused by JDBC, JPA, Hibernate, ORM, and jOOQ? This guide explains how they differ, their trade-offs, and when to use each in Java applications.

New Liberica NIK versions 23.0.12, 23.1.11, and 25.0.3 include several important fixes in the JDK.

A beginner-friendly Java Flight Recorder tutorial covering JFR profiling, Docker and local setup, and Mission Control reports analysis.

Download Liberica JDK CPU versions 8, 11, 17, 21, 25, and 26 with improved security.

Find out about the improvements in JDK 26 and downloads the new builds

Discover ten new, enhanced, and removed features in the next feature release, JDK 26

Find out how to use the Embabel framework to build production-ready, goal-driven AI agents guarded by domain logic and strong typing on the JVM. Step-by-step guide.

Build modern Java UIs with Vaadin: open detail dialogs from grids, create admin-only edit forms with Binder validation, and add real-time updates using server push.

Learn how to build modern web apps with rich UI completely in Java with Vaadin. This tutorial explores grids, layouts, security, filters

New Liberica NIK versions 23.0.11, 23.1.10, and 25.0.2 include several important fixes in the JDK.

Explore proven Java app security best practices, inluding safer deserialization, input validation, strong crypto, quarterly JDK patches, hardened containers, and SBOMs.

Download Liberica JDK CPU versions 8, 11, 17, 21, and 25 with improved security.

2025 was a year of growth, collaboration, and communication. This was a year marked not just by technical milestones, but by the deepening relationships with our community, the exceptional work of everyone at BellSoft, and the collaborative spirit of our partners. To our team, our partners, and everyone in the Java community who has been part of this journey: thank you. Your expertise, feedback, and collaboration have been the foundation of everything we've achieved this year.

Alpaquita Linux 25 is a Long-Term Support version that will receive updates for four years. Learn more about important changes and improvements in this release.

Download Liberica JDK versions 8, 11, 17, 21, and 25 with important patches and fixes

Learn how to secure Docker container images: minimal base images, non-root containers, SBOM, provenance attestation, and host hardening. Get practical tips.

New Liberica NIK versions 23.0.10, 23.1.9, and 25.0.1 include several important fixes in the JDK.

Download Liberica JDK CPU versions 8, 11, 17, 21, and 25 with improved security.

A step-by-step tutorial on setting up Flyway in a Spring Boot application with PostgreSQL and Maven.

New Liberica NIK version 25.0.0+1 includes several important fixes in the JDK.

Download the Liberica JDK 25 builds and switch from Oracle Java to OpenJDK.

A step-by-step tutorial on setting up Liquibase in a Spring Boot application with PostgreSQL and Maven. Covers changelogs, changesets, preconditions, rollbacks, diffs, and CI/CD pipelines.

Learn about implementing a DTO pattern in Spring Boot with Java records. Master manual and automated mapping, projections, and other ways of retrieving data from the db