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Java at 20 and Where We Are Going

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Summary

This talk looks at where Java has come from over the last two decades and where it is going. It provides a high level overview of the Java release cycle, the different versions and updates and look at the future challenges and how Java will evolve going forwards, including some of the things that may be in Java 9 such as Jigsaw, the sun.* changes, the G1 garbage collector, and VarHandles.

Bio

Steve Elliott has been with Oracle for over 21 years with a focus on Java and middleware technology. He has been involved with Java since before it went public in 1995 and was responsible for much of the original introduction of Java in the UK, presenting at many conferences in the UK and Europe. Steve is now Java technology lead in the Oracle Cloud Platform / Fusion middleware team at Oracle UK.

About the conference

The Docklands.JLC is a community for Java developers and those with an interest in the JVM to get together monthly in the Docklands. The Docklands.LJC is proud to be part of the London Java Community.

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Dec 24, 2015

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