Learning modern Java the playful way (Devoxx UK)

Modern Java can feel overwhelming. If you don’t have any experience with Java since Java 8 (or at all), features like structured concurrency or pattern matching might sound exciting, but also scary: “How do I even get started with that?”

Fear not! In this session Marit and Piotr will explain to you the new exciting things and also show you how to use them in your IDE, so that the next day you can start having fun and profit with modern Java in your favorite tools on your own.

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1. Learning modern Java the playful way Marit van Dijk, Piotr Przybył Devoxx UK MMXXV
2. $ who are we Piotr Przybył @piotrprz @piotrprz.bsky.social Senior Developer Advocate Marit van Dijk @MaritvanDijk77 @maritvandijk.bsky.social Developer Advocate
3. $ who are you
6. How to stay up to date with Java • Communities & conferences • The JEPs: https://openjdk.org/jeps/0 • Blogs, like ◦ IntelliJ IDEA: https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/ ◦ Software Garden: https://softwaregarden.dev/ • …
7. Java 24
8. Java 25
12. DEMO 2: Playing with Java 24
14. What did we play with? Vectors from Valhalla Records Structured Concurrency Stream Gatherers Pattern Matching Compact Classes, module imports, simple IO … and more
15. Each new Java version is: • easier • faster • better Why not use it?
17. How was it? bit.ly/LMJPW-DevoxxUK
18. The (QR) code & everything bit.ly/LMJPW-all
19. Thank you! Piotr Przybył @piotrprz @piotrprz.bsky.social Senior Developer Advocate Marit van Dijk @MaritvanDijk77 @maritvandijk.bsky.social Developer Advocate