Follow this link to go to the text only version of nasa.gov
NASA -National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Follow this link to skip to the main content
+ Text Only Site
+ en Español
+ Site Help & Preferences
Go
ABOUT NASALATEST NEWSMULTIMEDIAMISSIONSMyNASAWORK FOR NASA

+ NASA Home
+ ARC Home
Ames Research Center
CENTER HOME
ABOUT AMES
AMES NEWS
MULTIMEDIA
RESEARCH
MISSIONS
AMES EVENTS
AMES HIGHLIGHTS
EDUCATION
DOING BUSINESS WITH US
Go
+ NASA Home > Centers > Ames Home > Multimedia > Images > 2005
Print ThisPrint This
Email ThisEmail This

NASA Develops New Software to Detect "Bugs" in Java Computer Code

04.25.05

NASA scientists announced they are releasing free software that will find 'bugs,' or defects, in Java computer code. The new software, Java Pathfinder, is classified as 'open source software.' Open source software is computer code that scientists make publicly available, often at no cost, so users can freely utilize and modify it. Java is a computer language that software developers frequently use to write programs for computer networks such as the Internet.

The Java Pathfinder work is part of an effort to develop tools and methods to identify and eliminate software errors in NASA's increasingly complex and mission-critical software systems. Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems.

Willem Visser ACD05-0061-002 Willem Visser stands in front of a projection of a Java Pathfinder software computer screen at NASA Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley.
+ View Larger Image
Peter Mehiltz ACD05-0061-003 Peter Mehlitz stands in front of a projection of a Java Pathfinder software computer screen at NASA Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley.
+ View Larger Image
Corina Pasareanu, Dimitra Giannakopoulou and Willem Visser ACD05-0061-004 Left to right: Corina Pasareanu, Dimitra Giannakopoulou and Willem Visser stand in front of a white board discussing Java Pathfinder software at NASA Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley.
+ View Larger Image
laptop and screen shot ACD05-0061-005 Java Pathfinder screen shot
+ View Larger Image
java pathfinder screen shot ACD05-0061-010 Java Pathfinder screen shot
+ View Larger Image
java pathfinder screen shot ACD05-0061-011 Java Pathfinder screen shot
+ View Larger Image

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
+ Back to Top



+ Freedom of Information Act
+ Budgets, Strategic Plans and Accountability Reports
+ The President's Management Agenda
+ Privacy Policy and Important Notices
+ Inspector General Hotline
+ Equal Employment Opportunity Data Posted Pursuant to the No Fear Act
+ Information-Dissemination Priorities and Inventories
+ USA.gov
+ ExpectMore.gov
NASA
Editor: Jonas Dino
NASA Official: Brian Dunbar
Last Updated: April 21, 2007
+ Contact Ames
+ SiteMap