1 Introducing modern Java
This chapter covers
- Java as a platform and a language
- The new Java release model
- Enhanced Type inference (var)
- Incubating and preview features
- Changing the language
- Small language changes in Java 11
Welcome to Java in 2022. It is an exciting time. Java 17, the latest Long-Term-Support (LTS) release shipped in September 2021, and the first and most adventurous teams are starting to move to it.
At the time of writing, apart from a few trailblazers, Java applications are more or less evenly split between running on Java 11 (released September 2018) and the much older Java 8 (2014). Java 11 offers a lot to recommend, especially for teams that are deploying in the cloud, but some have been a little slow to adopt it.
So, ...
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