Heather VanCura - The Keys to Developer Productivity: Collaborate and Innovate

Speaker: Heather VanCura, Vice President, Community Engagement at Oracle Topic: The Keys to Developer Productivity: Collaborate and Innovate The Java developer community continues to evolve based on the collaboration and innovation, and this in turn is impacting their business. The Java language evolutions and pivots are possible due to collaboration and innovation in the Java community ecosystem. And as a result, the Java innovation pipeline is stronger than it has ever been, and the collaboration is higher than ever before. A new release of Java, Java SE 21, came out in September, and so much was delivered in this new release, with over 15 Java Enhancement Proposals (JEP) via OpenJDK and the Java Community Process (JCP). Virtual threads, string templates, record patterns, pattern matching for switch, generations ZGC, structured concurrency, and more are included in Java 21. Work is already well underway for Java 22, to be released in March 2024, and there are many contributors working on projects in OpenJDK to deliver more innovation from projects such as Panama, Valhalla, Loom, Amber, ZGC, Leyden, and more. Learn how you can adopt the latest technology, innovate and contribute to the future evolution of the Java platform and ecosystem in this session.