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How much has changed in the Java/JVM world recently? Lots and lots... A categorised list of all Java and JVM features since-JDK8 to 14

Having been away (again) from Java, I never knew or appreciated what had changed or how it had improved. At work they were happy with Java 6 and saw no reason to upgrade.  They were not interested in new Java 7 features but I learned that they have upgraded to Java 8. I've been getting back into Java and boy have I missed a lot: Java 8 functional features are awesome Streams seem amazing as do lambdas new Java libraries A new edition of Effective Java Many new excellent Java books Java 8 in Action Core Java for the impatient Java by comparison new Garbage Collectors Not 1 or 2 but many new Java releases GraalVM And so much more. dzone: A guide to Java versions and features A busy developers guide to Java 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and above I'm really excited about the future of the JVM, Java language and Java ecosystem.

Oracle finally targets Java non-payers – six years after plucking Sun http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/16/oracle_targets_java_users_non_compliance/

An interesting look at Java language changes http://blog.codefx.org/java/dev/future-java-might-look-like/

A really interesting (free) course about Java 8 Lambdas: Announcing: JDK 8 MOOC: Lambdas and Streams, December 2nd! https://blogs.oracle.com/thejavatutorials/entry/announcing_jdk_8_mooc_lambdas

JDK 9 release schedule http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2016-October/005092.html

Highlights include: ECMAScript 6 (and 7) support Node.js enhancements Oracle JET support enhancements PHP 7 support Docker support SQL profiling C/C++ enhancements and lots more https://netbeans.org/community/releases/82/

The excellent VisualVM tool has moved to Github https://visualvm.github.io/

eBook Deal of the Day: Java Coding Guidelines http://www.informit.com/deals/

A really great article on REST and RPC https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/09/understanding-rest-and-rpc-for-http-apis/ Wikipedia: REST

It seems as though Java 9 is just not ready yet. They would rather have better quality which is a good approach. Enterprises are just not ready for Java 9 (or Java 8). http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2016-September/004887.html

Oracle has put up a nice new website for Java developers https://go.java/index.html And for developers in general: https://developer.oracle.com/index.html

On the eve of a new NetBeans IDE release (8.2) with many great new features, it has been proposed that the project move to the Apache group. http://marxsoftware.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/apache-netbeans.html http://www.infoworld.com/article/3119764/application-development/java-founder-james-gosling-endorses-apache-takeover-of-netbeans-java-ide.html lists.apache.org: Original proposal http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NetBeans-Apache-Proposal

A screencast about mixed debugging of Java and C/C++ code from within the NetBeans IDE YouTube: Mixed Java and C/C++ Debugging Integrated into NetBeans IDE

A few nice links about garbage collection Java Garbage Collection handbook http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/java/gc01/index.html http://www.cubrid.org/blog/dev-platform/understanding-java-garbage-collection/ Wikipedia: Garbage Collection

The Virtual Technology Summits replay videos are quite interesting. Use the link below: https://community.oracle.com/groups/otn-vts-java-replay-library to find some interesting videos about Java 8 DateTime library Java with IoT Java 8 JavaScript Nashorn Docker with Java RaspberryPi and Java

infoq: Java: The Missing Features

https://hub.docker.com/_/java/ It has good instructions on how to invoke a Docker Java container. Docker is an amazing tool for packaging and running software in clean container environments. Deploy Java Apps With Docker = Awesome