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August 2023
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Welcome to the Inside Java Newsletter from the Java Developer Relations team at Oracle. Look for updates directly from the Java Platform Group — the team that builds Java. Subscribe | Archives
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Sharat Chander: Learning, Sharing, Collaborating
Investing in Java Technology & the Java Community
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Sharat Chander at JavaOne Las Vegas 2022. Photo by Jim Grisanzio.
Hi folks. My name is Sharat and I've been a long-time member of the Java Team. The role I play touches on three critical areas to keep Java vibrant…Learning. Sharing. Collaborating. Java's success has been built on these three important dimensions and here on the Java Developer Relations Team we continue to invest in these areas.
Learning. As Oracle's Java Team continues to advance the language and the platform, we want to ensure you as developers have facilities to upskill your Java expertise. That's why we've invested in programs such as Dev.Java, which is the official Java portal where developers can explore a range learning assets and tutorials touching upon a variety of Java topics. We also introduced Inside.java, an aggregator tool that collects the published works of Oracle's Java team covering recent innovation and updates. And of course, we've refined the official Java YouTube Channel making it even easier to discover video recordings that explore the many facets of Java innovation through programs such as the Inside Java Newscast, JEP Café, and Sip of Java.
Sharing. As developers, we can improve our Java skills by understanding the vast landscape of use-cases and best practices that span across industries. That's why we continue to work closely with the global collection of Java User Groups to help facilitate the gathering of Java developers to share their knowledge with their peers. Java User Groups offer local watering holes for developers to aggregate together, share stories, share questions and most importantly share knowledge. Find one close to you on our Dev.Java Java User Group map. We also continue to capture the voice of the community through the Duke's Corner Podcast, which offers real-world Java experiences by some of the most recognized Java luminaries in the world.
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Collaborating. It's your participation that helps move Java forward. And we continue to appreciate developers joining the OpenJDK project to share ideas that help engineer future Java versions. This year, we also reintroduced the JVM Language Summit on August 7-9. This event is an open technical collaboration among language designers, compiler writers, tool builders, runtime engineers, and VM architects to share experiences that can be considered to evolve the Java language and JVM. Some recordings are available now, and more will be released shortly. So please feel free to watch the sessions on the Oracle Java YouTube channel.
I'm thankful that after over 20+ years, my role continues to be focused on you, the Java community and I hope we can connect both online (follow me on Twitter) and in-person. Together, we'll move Java forward.
— Sharat Chander, Senior Director, Java Product Management & Developer Engagement
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Java 21 — Videos and a Party
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Java 21 will be a big release!
After years of development and previews, two major improvements are final and ready for production use:
Virtual threads bring simple scalability to the platform and all basic building blocks of pattern matching come together to bring modern constructs
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to the language. But it doesn't stop there: better APIs, better garbage collection, better tooling — particularly when you're coming from 17, the improvements span every aspect of the platform.
Beyond that, Oracle (and others) plan to offer long-term support for their JDK 21 builds, so if you're on 17 or 11 (or 8?), this is the next version to upgrade to.
To make sure that you can hit the ground running, we're publishing a series of videos covering the Road To 21.
The first one — on how to upgrade — is already released, so go check it out! Expect more videos on virtual threads and pattern matching, on security and performance, on APIs and tools — every Wednesday and Sunday all the way to September 19th, when Java 21 will be released.
And because we love new Java releases, we're throwing a party:
On the Java YouTube channel we'll live-stream feature tutorials, expert discussions, and community opinions from "physical" events taking place that day. Subscribe to the channel or our other social media channels to get more details about this event as we release them.
— Nicolai Parlog, Java Developer Relations
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Videos, Articles, Podcasts
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Ana-Maria Mihalceanu, Java Developer Relations
Thomas Schatzl, Consulting Member of Technical Staff
Billy Korando, Java Developer Relations
Brian Goetz, Java Language Architect
Mark Reinhold, Chief Architect, Java Platform Group
Paul Sandoz, Consulting Member of Technical Staff
Maurizio Cimadamore, Compiler Architect
Billy Korando, Java Developer Relations
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Conversations with the Community
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Over at Duke's Corner you'll find interesting podcasts with Java developers from around the world — JUG leaders, Java Champions, code contributors, teachers, professors, students, and more. Each conversation covers the world of Java as developers tell their personal stories learning Java and using the technology to solve difficult problems and to also create new opportunities.
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All the developers interviewed talk passionately about their experiences interacting with the community — which always generates the best stories and hopefully provides some inspiration for new developers getting involved. The latest episode is with Sirisha Pratha, who describes Java as her superpower. Find out why! There are 26 episodes since January 2022 when Duke's Corner was launched and we have plans for many more. Subscribe and share!
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Customer Success
A guest blog at Oracle from the Project Hermes researchers at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany.
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Connect with the Team!
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Follow the Java DevRel Team on Twitter: Ana-Maria Mihalceanu, Billy Korando, Chad Arimura, David Delabassée, Denis Makogon, Heather Stephens, Jennifer Perkins, Jim Grisanzio, José Paumard, Nicolai Parlog, Sharat Chander.
Recently, the Java DevRel team welcomed Jennifer Perkins to the team! Jennifer has a deep background in technology and education and comes to Java Developer Relations from Oracle University. She's working with Heather Stephens and the team on new opportunities for Java with education, government, and ecosystem partners and also to expand Java’s reach to include students from all backgrounds to get involved in software development.
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The links below point to programs and content produced by the Java Developer Relations team, technical content from the Java Platform Group, social media communities, and additional Java resources.
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