First, its jaotc AOT compiler failed to gain traction and was retired. Then Project Leyden set out to standardize native compilation in Java but stalled for two years.

It can compile code, pull JAR files from remote repositories, run unit tests, package applications and even push code releases into artifact repositories. While it's more of a build tool than a Java ...

Eclipse is actually the product's default development environment. A RoboVM for Eclipse plugin, which integrates the AOT compiler with the Eclipse Java IDE, is available from the Eclipse Marketplace.

He has steadily optimized the compiler since 2011, starting in Grenoble and following the team to Linz and now Zurich. “I did my PhD last year on the GraalVM project,” he says.

Project Leyden builds upon past projects, including the GNU Compiler for Java and the Native Image feature of GraalVM. GraalVM is a high-performance runtime with performance optimizations for ...