February 21, 2023 Reading time: 3 minutes

In the past, slow evaluation of mathematical functions and large memory footprint were the most significant drawbacks of Java compared to C++/C for numeric computations and scientific data analysis. However, recent enhancements in the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) enabled faster and better numerical computing due to several enhancements in evaluating trigonometric functions.

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February 21, 2019 Reading time: ~1 minute

jPort is finally out (and it is already release 1.4!). What is special about jPort project? jPort is a portable application launcher for Java-enabled platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac). It can launch dozens of free Java-powered programs for office, science, education, code development, entertainment and graphics.

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February 21, 2018 Reading time: ~1 minute

JTerm is an attempt to mimic Linux/Unix commands using 100% Java. Thus it works on Windows. This project is its infancy, but it is already very useful. For some, it may also look also more attractive than using Cygwin on Windows. First thing to notice - it is only 3M in size, a tiny program compared to the default Cygwin installation. Secondly, it has nice look and feel thanks to Nimbus L&F. In combination with JPort portable Java desktop, it may lead to interesting alternative to Cygwin.

February 21, 2017 Reading time: 2 minutes

DataMelt ("DMelt") is a free software for numeric computation, mathematics, statistics, symbolic calculations, data analysis and data visualization. This program combines the simplicity of scripting languages, such as Python, Ruby, Groovy (and others), with hundreds of Java numerical and graphical packages. Unlike other similar programs, DataMelt can be used for scientific computations using Java, word"s most-popular enterprise programming language. The program runs on Windows/Mac OS/Linux and Android platform. DataMelt is a modern version of jHepWork (2005-2013) and SCaVis (2013-2015) programs.

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February 21, 2017 Reading time: ~1 minute

RTextDoc, editor written Java, is getting rather mature. Why another editor? RTextDoc is the only portable editor that runs from USB on any platform (Windows, Linux, Mac OS). It is the only editor that has instant grammar checking for 15 languages - a feature which is missing for all available LaTeX editors. Finally, it is the only editor for AsciiDoc documents