Java 21

Nicolai Parlog

Ort: Hotel Eden-Wolff, Arnulfstraße 4, 80335 München

Java 21 is an explosive release! The fuse was lit by projects Loom and Amber and 21 blows it up by finalizing virtual threads and all basic building blocks of pattern matching, thus bringing simple scalability to the platform and modern constructs to the language.
But it doesn't stop there: better APIs, better garbage collection, better tooling - particularly when you're coming from 17, the improvements will be ubiquitous. And beyond all that, Java 21 is fizzling with future: There are previews on string templates, a simplified main, pattern matching refinements, and improved concurrency with virtual threads. Not least, many vendors offer long-term support for their JDK 21 builds, so if you're on 17 or 11 (or 8?), this is the next version to upgrade to.
In this talk, we'll go over all that, so you can hit the ground running when updating to Java 21. Disclaimer: It will be a blast!

Nicolai (aka nipafx) is a Java enthusiast focused on language features and core APIs with a passion for learning and sharing - in articles, newsletters, and books; in tweets, videos, and streams; in demo repos and at conferences - more on all of that on [nipafx.dev]. He's a Java Developer Advocate at Oracle and organizer of [Accento]. That aside, he's best known for his haircut.