#java 9

Previously confirmed for Java 9, the JSON API is now to be postponed, as Oracle debates two new features for its next major Java release.

Alex Zhitnitsky takes a look at Takipi’s survey of the most requested Java 9 features in the community.

Unified JVM logging and more compiler controls – as Oracle confirms another four Java 9 features, plans for the next generation of Java are starting to become clearer.

Typesafe’s latest survey on Java 8 explains the success of lambdas and what it means for Scala.

Project Panama is building a bridge to non-JVM libraries like C and C++. And it could be the most exciting Java 9 feature yet.

JAX London speaker Nigel Runnels-Moss speaks to JAXenter ahead of his session. Read on to see why Nigel is not looking forward to Java 9 and see what advice he would give to young developers.

JAXLondon presenter Trisha Gee speaks to JAXenter before her session in London next month. Trish is a key member of the London Java Community and is currently working for Mongo DB Inc.

Three top Java experts give us their two cents on the (in)famous new Java 9 features announced in August.

The announcement of Java 9 features sent major waves into the Java community – online forums have been buzzing with debates over what Oracle needs to do next.

New APIs, performance features and modular source code are the first features to be confirmed for Oracle’s next major Java release

OpenJDK has released a sneak peek of Java 9 with basic improvements for early adopters

Goetz proposes heroic effort to tackle language extensions for the Java language and JVM.

Mark Reinhold announces gear shift from explorative stages to creation of production-quality design and implementation for Jigsaw in Java 9.

Whilst multitude of users are making first steps towards number 8, Java build tool gets a head start on preparing for next iteration of the platform.