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Last week, our Java influencers discussed the importance of Java 11 and whether it can convince developers to drop Java 8. Now it’s time to continue the conversation we started in the second part about the door that closes and the one that opens. Can you guess what technologies we’re talking about?

At a crowded JAX 2015 conference in Mainz, Germany, JavaFX pro Adam Bien explained why JavaFX is future-proof, why it’s better than HTML5 and what else is happening in the world of JavaFX in 2015.

Oracle’s latest JDK update brings a number of enhancements to memory management, Nashorn and JavaFX that should be warmly welcomed in the Java community.

A look into some guaranteed premium serverside SQL scripting with Nashorn and Java 8.

JAXenter gets an insider account of the development of what’s been billed as “the most significant release of Java in the past 10 years” from the Oracle VP of Software Development in the Java Platform Group.

JetBrains ships out IntelliJ IDEA 13.1 Release Candidate 2 with final improvements for Java 8 support.

Julien Ponge outlines scenarios for using Oracle Nashorn as a command-line tool and as an embedded interpreter in Java applications.

Oracle’s new JavaScript Engine for the JVM is out in the open. Claudia Fröhling chats to Oracle’s Marcus Lagergren about Nashorn and the opportunities the JVM is offering us today.

2013 is shaping up to be a big and exciting year in Java development. Here’s five reasons why…

Things show no sign of slowing up for the holidays at Java development central as JSRs and JavaScript project Nashorn make big moves

Nashorn, the successor to the Rhino JavaScript engine for the JVM, has been submitted to the OpenJDK.

A whole host of Java news has come out of Oracle’s official Java conference, including juicy details of future projects Nashorn, Sumatra and Avatar.

After an initial proposal last month, the project that wants to harness some extra GPU for the JVM has been created. Time to vote on it!

A new OpenJDK project encouraged by Oracle and AMD seeks to grasp GPU power from Java through hardware, in light of the emerging smartphone and tablet market. Too little too late?