JDK 27 will include a new default garbage collector and eight other features. A release candidate is due August 6.

In Java Futures at QCon New York, Java Language Architect Brian Goetz took us on a whirlwind tour of some recent and future features in the Java Language. In this article, he dives into Local Variable ...

JDK 25 brings powerful new features to Java and JVM developers. Here are seven new or updated features that could convince you to switch. Java continues its fast and feature-packed release schedule, ...

At last year’s Oracle Code One conference, Java’s rapid-release cadence—a new version every six months—was still making news. And it wasn’t even new anymore. The change in release frequency from years ...

Oracle has released version 15 of Java, the language created 25 years ago by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems, which Oracle snapped up in 2009 for about $7.4bn to gain what it said was the "most ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oracle has announced general availability of Java Development Kit (JDK) 14, its reference implementation of the Java 14 programming language spec. Rolling out in line with Oracle's six-monthly release ...

Zero-day bugs in Java have been coming fast and furious lately. In the latest twist, a researcher says he was able to cheat built-in security features in Java applications. Adam Gowdiak, founder and ...

Honoring its commitment, Oracle delivered the new Java 10 in time. The coming of it i.e., JDK 10, an implementation of Java Standard Edition 10 was well received. Why? Quite a lot of tool and ...

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