Introducing Java 7 by Donald Smith

Java SE 7 has been a long time coming, but the wait has been worth it.

Java SE 7 provides new features to developers to make their lives easier and more productive. In this session will look at the new features in the next release of our favorite programming language:

Syntax changes in the Java language (Project Coin) Performance improvements in the JVM for dynamically typed languages (The DaVinci Machine) New IO (NIO2) Fork-join framework We'll also briefly look at the ideas for features to be in included in Java SE 8.

Donald Smith, MBA, MSc, is Director of Product Management for Oracle. He brings worldwide enterprise software experience, ranging from small "dot-com" through Fortune 500 companies. Donald speaks regularly about Java, open source, community development, business models, business integration and software development politics at conferences and events worldwide including Java One, Oracle World, Sun Tech Days, Evans Developer Relations Conference, OOPSLA, JAOO, Server Side Symposium, Colorado Software Summit and others. Prior to returning to Oracle, Donald was Director of Ecosystem Development for the Eclipse Foundation, an independent not-for-profit foundation supporting the Eclipse open source community.