Apparently some people are surprised that you can run a 13 year old self-contained Jar on the latest JVM. And thinking about other language ecosystems, it is actually pretty freaking amazing and not something that we talk about enough.

Java 17 major language and API improvements dlvr.it/TCP4bd

I'm on track. Since Sergi Almar 🍃 was mentioning how bad Java adoption is, I published 9 posts covering the coolest additions of java releases 9 through 17. More is coming until Java 23 is here. So many reasons to upgrade. Read martinahrer.at/tags/java/ #Java #upgrade

Java 18 major language and API improvements dlvr.it/TCXX0f

Java 19 major language and API improvements dlvr.it/TCj5Xn

Java 20 major language and API improvements dlvr.it/TCvKzg

Join us to learn about all the cool new features in @Java and @GraalVM!🚀😎❤️

~7 wks ago I started posting about Java 9, since then I have published 11 more. As of today martinahrer.at/code/java21.ht… is here. Get an idea of Java's evolution and read martinahrer.at/tags/java/. #Java

Java 21 major language and API improvements dlvr.it/TD1ytd

Java 22 major language and API improvements dlvr.it/TD3WMF

“This application calculates abstractness and instability metrics for Java, @SpringBoot projects, helping developers analyze the structure and dependencies of their codebase. It follows the principles of @SpringModulith…” – github.com/xsreality/abst…

Celebrate the #Java23 launch with us on Sept. 17, featuring exciting guests like: Brian Goetz, @pressron, Gavin Bierman, and more! Your lovely hosts Ana Maria Mihalceanu 🇳🇱🇷🇴, Billy Korando 🍃☕️ 🐈🐈, and Nicolai Parlog 🇺🇦🕊️ will lead you through the festivities. 🥳 social.ora.cl/6015WvbQN

Wenn in Österreich alles so gut organisiert wäre wie die Freiwilligen Feuerwehren, wären wir vermutlich in jeder OECD-Statistik auf Platz 1. Es ist einfach großartig, was da mehr als 350.000 (!) Freiwillige leisten - grundsätzlich schon, aber in Tagen die diesen noch viel mehr.

The test execution optimizations coming in Spring Modulith 1.3 have been merged to main. Use the snapshots, drop the spring-modulith-junit artifact into your project and see your builds speed up! Final chance to get in some feedback before the M3 release on Friday! 🍃📦

😮 JobRunr is part of the Java 23 conversation? Java 23 introduces new features to improve performance, scalability, and developer productivity, and we're excited that #JobRunr is a part of that arrival. 🎉 🔗 Check it out: eu1.hubs.ly/H0cGr9r0 #Java23 #Oracle #JDK23

Next week on Monday I will be at Devoxx Belgium for the first time and giving a Hands on Lab: "Building server-side web applications with htmx.org / CEO of Trash (remote) (same thing) and Spring" Join me to discover the best way to build web applications. Without JavaScript! 😎

Domain drivem transformation by Henning Schwentner at domain driven design meetup

Finished migrating an Angular application to htmx.org / CEO of Trash (remote) (same thing) and Spring ViewComponent together with my colleague: Removed 5376 lines of Typescript Added 2513 lines of Kotlin by JetBrains 28% decrease in overall lines of code. From 19 runtime dependencies to 2 -> AlpineJS and htmx.org / CEO of Trash (remote) (same thing)

#Java24 will enter ramp-down phase 1 later today and its feature set is set in stone. And its a lot! Here's the first half - language and API changes: youtube.com/watch?v=yntTJj…

🇦🇹 Already in #Linz for a meetup with the eJUG Austria in that city. If you are in the city, and want to learn how Testcontainers enables local development workflows with #GenAI applications, please join us tomorrow: meetup.com/de-DE/enterpri… Thanks Martin Ahrer for organising it 🙏