#JavaNEXT

Over the last weeks, I've back-filled and updated my Java X Feature Demo, all the way up to #Java18, including a bit of vector API image manipulation for #JavaNext - check it out:

Java devs no longer need the visitor pattern! With sealed classes (final in #Java17) and pattern switches (preview in 17), #JavaNext offers a better and shorter solution to the problems the pattern addresses.

I had a great time yesterday at @virtualJUG talking about #JavaNext: recent and upcoming releases, OpenJDK vs Oracle JDK, licensing, going beyond #Java11 and current projects like Amber, Valhalla, and Loom. Slides: Video:

Presenting #JavaNext at #jPrime (slides: I asked "What's your newest Java version in prod?" Java 7: 1 (not the same guy as previous conferences - I asked) 8: 10% 11: 20% 17: 20% 18: 0 What about the other half? 🤷 But 40%-80% beyond 8 is very nice!

Conversation with @BrianGoetz about pattern matching in #JavaNext: * why `Map::get` should be a pattern * the linear thinking trap * null handling in pattern matches * exhaustiveness in switch statements * the rehabilitation of `switch`

Sitting in the train to visit family over the weekend I'm watching the #JVMLS2019 talk on Project Loom by Alan Bateman and Rickard Bäckmann ( Wifi permitting, I will tweet my comments. 1/? #JavaNext

Interesting detail on primitive types: "As a matter of style, we suggest avoiding the legacy wrapper class names in new code, preferring the .ref types instead." I.e. `int.ref` instead of `Integer` just like we'd do with custom primitives, e.g. `Point.ref`. #JavaNext

Learn everything about #JavaNext in my speedrun through projects Amber, Loom, Panama, and Valhalla at #JavaLand2022 in Wintergarten. In 3 minutes, so better hurry. 😉

Big string template revamp - processors are out! 😳 "Processors were envisioned as a means to abstract the transformation of templates to their final form. However, Java already has a well established means of abstracting behavior: methods." #JavaNext

Slides for today's #GeekOutEE talk "#JavaNext - New Releases, Valhalla, Amber, and More Goodies": By the way, Tallin's Creative Hub is an awesome venue, very steampunky. Some impressions...

Last week I gave my updated #JavaNext talk at @VoxxedZurich - in 45 minutes, you get an overview of the current state of projects Amber, Panama, Valhalla, and Loom: Here are four highlights. 👇🏾🧵

Project Amber is making progress on pattern matching in #JavaNext. Here are three recent developments that I'm very excited about and I think you will be as well. (Caveats: these are ongoing discussions; none of this is final; speculation and strawman syntax ahead)

What a great day at @jdays2018! The slides for my talks are online: #Java11 Is Here! - Reactive HTTP/2 client, String/Optional improvements, and more #JavaNext - New Releases, Amber, Valhalla, And More Goodies

#GeekOutEE just published videos of all talks. Kudos! If you have an hour to learn about how Java is evolved and which great things are coming, check out my talk #JavaNext: video: slides:

On holiday on Crete right now, right there at the beach! 🏝️ But it wouldn't be a real journey without a visit to the local Java community, so I'll be talking at @devstaff_gr about #JavaNext in a few hours! Meet you there?

Sunday afternoon... Got some time to spare? Enjoy a ☕ in the 🌞 and read up on value-based classes: Good preparation for value types. #JavaNext

In 15 minutes I'll talk about #JavaNext at #DevoxxFR (room 243). All about projects Loom, Valhalla, Panama, and Amber. If you want to know what 1_000_000 threads, value types, or string interpolation could look like in Java, you don't want to miss this. 😋 See you there!

#JavaNEXT TOMORROW @equinoxjkt KNIGHT OF NEON w/ @DjTretze @RovenHouse @JAKsaber

Looking forward to talking about #JavaNext at #DevoxxUK in 2h, but also sad that I won't get to see @heathriel's talk: How to Close the Diversity Gap (or, How Not to Perpetuate Bro Culture in Tech) I don't have a choice, but you do - choose wisely! 😉

Learned a ton about Java these last two days at #JBCNConf? Top it off now in room 111 and let me tell you about #JavaNext: How projects Amber and Valhalla, Panama and Loom are about to change Java forever.