The Java ecosystem is bursting with tools and frameworks for just about every programming need. Here are seven open source Java projects you don't want to miss.

Open source licenses Each of the Java projects covered in this series is subject to an open source license, which you should understand before integrating the project with your own projects.

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News Java.net Projects Now on Maven Central Repository By John K. Waters August 23, 2011 Sonatype, the chief commercial supporter of the open-source Maven project, is working with Oracle to bring Java ...

Such projects as NetBeans, Oracle JDeveloper, Eclipse, Apache Maven, Ant, Gradle and Nexus use the repository to access Java components. The JBoss Community announcement comes on the heels of news ...