The feature cadence for Java 20 is similar to that of the seven (7) new features in JDK 19 and nine (9) new features in JDK 18. However, this is lower than some of the more recent pre-JDK 18 releases: ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Java 17 adoption is increasing as organizations move away from Java 8 and Java 11 to migrate ...

How is Java made? Let’s take a look at the process for introducing new features to the platform, and at some of the big JDK enhancement projects on the horizon. Java is widely used and heavily relied ...

Programmers typically target a specific, long-term support release when they develop applications. That means for the past several years, most Java developers were limited to the Java 8 or Java 11 ...

Java 25 was released today as the latest Long Term Support (LTS) version of the language, meaning it will be supported by Oracle for at least eight more years. Oracle releases a new LTS version of ...

It’s not easy to keep up with Java’s frequent feature releases. If you missed sealed classes, text blocks, records, the new string methods, or the Optional class, let’s fix that. Java quietly ...

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Oracle has announced the release of Java 24, including JDK 24, for developers to download. It introduces new AI and post-quantum crypto capabilities. In the year of its 30th anniversary, Oracle has ...

The Apache Software Foundation's (ASF) Groovy team recently announced the release of Groovy 4.0.0, the latest version of the open source, general-purpose programming language for the Java Virtual ...