Java in 2024 - Constant evolution, delivered.

[@lmj5994]

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 ?

[@cosmowanda6460]

Right, they've brought it up on pretty much every talk like it's a new thing. It's annoying to listen to them spend time talking about that when they could talk about something else with their "limited time"

[@nisonatic]

I get the business communication aspect of it; they bring it up because every time they put out a release they want to explain why there aren't a ton of new features in it. But constantly repeating this refrain seems like it draws more attention to that.

[@ramadansevgin6391]

Тhis language is unique (Java Forever) 🥰🥰

[@TochukwuVictor-qe4xd]

Nice one ❤

[@onebeartoe]

I like this speed-presenter format.

[@kirillalexander-rj2im]

Oops, I misread as constant evaluation...

[@aecbnas2112]

When will valhalla come to us?2025 or 2030!

[@urosjarc3450]

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

[@brayanmnz]

When was it sleeping?

[@AkbarKhan-gd2bw]

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

[@monisahmedrizvi1697]

i think they do have learning platform , not sure about the name . java is owned by oracle and you know what happens when greedy company gets its hands on things they charge you insane amount , better learn from java mooc course you can find it , or through udemy , lot of good video of youtube as well

[@D_bugit]

😂😂😂... Smart guy

[@chrigenevodounon6063]

Bro wants homemade tutorials 😂

[@algo-prog]

The first like ....

[@chrigenevodounon6063]

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

[@monisahmedrizvi1697]

its sad that oracle owns it

[@nesdi6653]

data

[@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.

[@Rope257]

I highly doubt it's null-safety that turns away younger programmers. Most courses nowadays use Python and Python has the same issue. People just like to shit on Java for no particular reason other than it's "old". It's an image issue with no real foundation.

[@imakhlaqXD]

​@@Rope257 its not image issue. its syntax is ugly and its hella bloated.

[@cstates94]

If Junior Devs are actually complaining about that, I wouldn't trust them with Kotlin or C# features either. If you can disable them, I'm not trusting them. We have Optionals and @NotNull. If someone returns a null Optional, that's a skill issue.

[@Rope257]

@@imakhlaqXD Bloated how? What would be an example of a syntax that's not bloated and ugly? Typescript? Typescript basically has the same syntax just with the typing after an identifier instead of in front of it. Yet typescript is popular. Maybe Python? Because it uses indenting instead of curly braces for implicit instead of explicit code-blocks? Is C# better? Because that's basically the same syntax too.

[@Mig440]

C# did its nullable reference types using only the compiler.

[@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.

[@D_bugit]

Are you done?

[@Drekrosh]

@@D_bugit Sure

[@murilovieira2785]

Kotlin...

[@Drekrosh]

@@Jay151 Dude, your enterprise is java 8, no one to take Java for new features.

[@lufenmartofilia5804]

​@@Drekroshyou might want have a look at jetbrain's survey's data