Java in 2024 - Constant evolution, delivered.

*Oracle DevLive New York - Java Day™ Keynote*

_As the world of modern application development rapidly evolves, Java continues to adapt to keep pace. This affords enterprises the ability to accelerate mission-critical application development reliant on Java and provide developers a programming language and platform that efficiently and effectively address app development from on-premises to the cloud. In this keynote, Java luminaries from Oracle explore modern Java features that enable next-gen applications, as well as cover how Oracle’s ongoing Java technology leadership and ecosystem stewardship are creating a contemporary language and platform that help advance developer productivity and Java community participation._

Presented by *Georges Saab - Senior Vice President of Development* (Java Platform Group) and *Chad Arimura - Vice President of Java DevRel* (Java Platform Group).

*Resources*

*Tags* #java #JDK #oracle

[lmj]

Can we stop making every Java conference about the switch to 6 monthly releases ? I love 6-monthly releases, don't want to go back, ever, BUT does every conference need to make a big thing of it over and over ?

[ramadansevgin]

Тhis language is unique (Java Forever) 🥰🥰

[kirillalexander-rjim]

Oops, I misread as constant evaluation...

[chrigenevodounon]

How are you going to do Oracle? Promise to catch up.

[aecbnas]

When will valhalla come to us?2025 or 2030!

[urosjarc]

It's really nice that Java is finally starting to waking up.

[AkbarKhan-gdbw]

I have an Idea for you why don't you guys upload java tutorial from beginning to advance, you guys develop it so you guys can make very good tutorial also

[pompiuses]

Still missing null safety like Kotlin or C#. This is probably THE most requested feature by junior programmers. Why this isn’t a higher priority at Oracle is beyond me. At my organisation this is the biggest reason why younger programmers shy away from Java.

[Drekrosh]

The Oracle is vainly trying to save its language from extinction. Unfortunately for them, it’s all over, and they’re too late. In typical Oracle fashion, they will show a graph predicting that by 2050 there will be LTS and JDK version 100500, which will just catch up to the features and capabilities of languages as of 2024. Worse still, many are still stuck on Java 8 and cannot afford to switch to another version. Instead of making it easier for such people to transition, they invent some nonsense, boasting about new features that no one will use. Modern projects are starting with Golang and Rust, while Java remains only for maintenance (they are gradually rewriting it). From all this, it follows that they should just focus on developing the JVM and that’s it. They should declare that they can no longer develop the language and concede to stronger and more reliable languages like Rust, Go, or Kotlin. In short, the presentation was very funny. Oracle with its dinosaur is clownish.