April 2018
Intermediate to advanced
910 pages
33h 21m
English
In this brief introductory chapter, we revealed the small universe of capabilities provided by JDK 9. The module system introduced in this release of the platform is indisputably a cornerstone in the development of Java applications. We also discovered that a number of other major features and changes are introduced in JDK 9 that deserve special attention and will be discussed in great detail in subsequent chapters.
In the next chapter, we will take a look at 26 internal changes to the Java platform.