The Evolution of Java: The Amazing Features in the Recent Releases

With the new release cadence, programmers can enjoy new features at a much faster rate. Java has been evolving rapidly, but in a responsible manner. While some of the new recent features in Java have been around in other languages for a while there are some coolness for them being introduced in Java. First, programmers who are maintaining large legacy systems can make use of these exciting features, right there in Java as they move forward to adopting newer versions. Second, Java brings its own twist and innovation to how these features are used in the language. Learning these is not only an exciting journey but can also make us more productive when writing Java code.

In this presentation we will take a live coding, example driven approach to look at a few features that have been added to Java in the most recent releases of the language.

About Venkat Subramaniam

Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., creator of agilelearner.com, and an instructional professor at the University of Houston.

He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with sustainable agile practices on their software projects.

Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at agiledeveloper.com. You can reach him by email at venkats@agiledeveloper.com or on twitter at @venkat_s.

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