Java is a massively overloaded word. For a start, it is the name of an Indonesian island as well as being a term for coffee. Then we have Java, the computing platform. Even then, the word has several meanings: are we talking about Java the programming language syntax, Java the virtual machine or Java the…
Now that JDK 10 has been out for a few weeks, I thought it would be a good idea to write a follow up to one of my earlier posts. The previous post described all the changes in JDK 9 that might cause problems for application migration. Since all the changes in JDK 9 are…
Earlier this month I set out with our European Sales Director, Mario Iotti, to visit eight Java User Groups (JUGs) in Spain. As a developer advocate, visiting JUGs has always been a favorite part of my job. It combines several of my passions into one activity: meeting dedicated Java developers, sharing my knowledge of Java,…
Recently, the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced the most potent Raspberry Pi board yet produced while keeping the price down to an incredible $35. The Pi 3 model B+ continues the use of the Broadcom BCM2837 SoC chip but, with new packaging and improved board layout gives a much more even dissipation of heat when…
Trading volatility has been re-emerging with a vengeance across capital markets, and the industry press has taken note. Most recently, Robin Wigglesworth of the Financial Times has been releasing a series of articles and Tweets on the subject, highlighting some key shifts in trading drivers and practices as well as some emerging risks to overall…
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been tracking a series of interviews (link is to #4 in the series) with 11 Java experts conducted by Jaxenter’s Gabriela Motroc. The Jaxenter articles were triggered by Oracle’s new Java release cadence, which was first announced in September 2017. From my perspective, however — the March 2018 launch of JDK…
In a previous blog post, I went into great detail about all of the 109 new features I had managed to uncover that are included in JDK 10. Given that it’s only six months since the release of JDK 9, this is an impressive feat on the part of the Java Platform Group at…
In my last blog post, I discussed the use of jlink to build shrink-fit Java runtimes that only contain the modules you need for your application. As part of the research for this, I was looking at one of the options for jlink that allows you to select a virtual machine type, the idea being…
In an earlier blog, I wrote about the changes for deployment of Java applications that will take effect in JDK 11. Specifically, the removal of support for Applets and Java Web Start. In this post, I thought I’d delve a bit deeper into the suggested way to ship application code when you make the…
Click here for more info on the rapid release cadence of the JDK When Java was first released, the world was a very different place. This was 1995, and the Internet and World Wide Web were still very much in their infancy. When James Gosling and John Gage demonstrated the WebRunner browser (as it was…
It feels like it was only a few weeks since JDK 9 was launched, and that’s because it was. Things move on, however, and with the new release cadence for OpenJDK, JDK 10 has already reached the release candidate milestone. I’ve seen a variety of blog posts on the subject of what’s new in…
We talk to lots of people every week, ranging from analysts and press to prospects and customers, and there’s one thing that almost everyone has in common — last Fall they missed some huge changes in the way Java will be built, released, and supported. We can’t say it is really their fault. Java has been…
It’s 2018, and significant changes are happening for Java. As announced last year we’re moving to a time-based release of the JDK, rather than feature-based. This is excellent news, as it means features can be integrated when ready and developers will get access to new features much faster than they ever have before. JDK…
Or, at least, more widely available. Azul’s business is Java. Not using it, but providing people with alternatives for the JVM and JDK binaries. We think this is a good thing because it gives people a choice of which distribution of Java they use. The obvious question that people ask is, “Well, Java is write…
