Life Beyond Java 8 (July 2020)

Wasn’t Java 8 a fantastic update to the language? Lambdas and streams were a huge change and have helped to improve Java developers’ productivity and introduce some functional ideas to the language. Then came Java 9… and although the module system is really interesting for certain types of applications, the lack of exciting language features and uncertainty around how painful it might be to migrate to Java 9 left many applications taking a wait-and-see approach, happy with Java 8.

But now Java has a new version every six months, and suddenly Java 14 is here. We’re all still on Java 8, wondering whether we should move to a later version, which one to choose, and how painful it might be to upgrade.

In this session we’ll look at:

- Why upgrade from Java 8, including language features from Java 9-14
- What sorts of issues might we run into if we do choose to upgrade
- How the support and license changes that came in with Java 11 might impact us.

Transcript

1. IntelliJ IDEA
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   Life Beyond Java 8
   Trisha Gee (@trisha_gee)

   Developer Advocate & Java Champion, JetBrains
   

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2. https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2020/java/
   Despite the emergence of newer
   versions, Java 8 is still most
   beloved. It is used by 3/4 of Java
   developers. Java 11 is growing
   more popular. Compared to last
   year, its usage has increased by
   10 percentage points.
   

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3. https://www.infoq.com/news/2020/03/new-relic-jvm-report/ https://blog.newrelic.com/technology/state-of-java/
   “The majority of JVMs (over 85%) are running on Java 8”
   

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5. Releases, Updates, 

   Licensing & Support
   

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7. We have two types of releases
   

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8. We have two types of releases
   Releases and LTS (Long Term Support) releases
   

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10. $$$
    $$$
    

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11. $$$
    $$$
    

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12. https://flic.kr/p/8xhk74
    

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13. Use $free Oracle OpenJDK
    

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14. Java 14
    

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15. Use $free Oracle OpenJDK
    But upgrade every 6 months
    

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16. Use an LTS version
    

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17. Java 11
    

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18. Use an LTS version
    But you may have to pay to use it in production
    

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19. https://jdk.dev
    

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21. Why bother?
    

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22. Java 11
    

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23. (Current LTS release)
    

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24. JShell
    

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25. var
    

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26. Convenience Factory Methods for
    Collections
    

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27. Collecting to Unmodifable Collections
    items.stream()

    .filter(Objects!::nonNull)
    
    .map(Object!::toString)
    
    .collect(Collectors.toUnmodifiableList());
    

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28. New Methods on Stream API
    items.stream()

    .takeWhile(user !-> user.count() < maxCount)

    .forEach(user !-> position.incrementAndGet());

    

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29. Predicate.not()
    

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30. New Methods on Optional
    

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31. Built in Http Client
    

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32. • https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2017/10/creating-
    multi-release-jar-files-in-intellij-idea/
    Multi Release Jar Files
    

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33. Jigsaw
    

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34. Java Module System
    

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35. JLink
    

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36. Java 14
    

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37. (The latest version)
    

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38. (for now!!...)
    

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39. https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2019/02/java-12-and-intellij-idea/
    Switch Expressions
    

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40. https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2019/11/java-13-and-intellij-idea
    Text Blocks (Preview)
    

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41. https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2020/03/java-14-and-intellij-idea/
    Pattern Matching for instanceof (Preview)
    

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42. https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2020/03/java-14-and-intellij-idea
    Records (Preview)
    

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43. Java 15
    

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44. JEP 378: Text Blocks (Standard)
    

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45. JEP 375: Pattern Matching for instanceof
    (Second Preview)
    

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46. • Non-private constructors
    • Annotations
    • Local Types
    JEP 384: Records (Second Preview)
    

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47. JEP 360: Sealed Types (Preview)
    

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48. JEP 371: Hidden Classes
    

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49. JEP 377: ZGC: A Scalable Low-Latency
    Garbage Collector (Production)
    

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50. https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/15/
    

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51. The Future
    

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52. • Project Amber
    • Valhalla
    • Loom
    • More Garbage Collection improvements
    • Proposed New Project: Leyden
    And in the future?
    

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53. The Business
    Doesn’t Care About
    Language Features
    

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54. Performance
    

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55. Use of Memory
    

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56. • Java 9: JEP 248: G1 the Default GC
    • Java 10: JEP 307: Parallel Full GC for G1
    • Java 11: JEP 318: Epsilon (Experimental)
    • Java 11: JEP 333: ZGC (Experimental)
    Garbage Collection (Java 11)
    

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57. • Java 12: Shenandoah (Experimental)
    • Java 12: More Updates to G1
    • Java 12: More Improvements to ZGC
    • Java 13: ZGC: Uncommit Unused Memory
    • Java 14: ZGC on macOS and Windows
    • Java 14: Deprecate the ParallelScavenge +
    SerialOld GC Combination
    Garbage Collection (Java 14)
    

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58. Cost
    

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59. Cost
    £$€
    

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60. Tips for Migration
    

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61. Run on updated JDK
    

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62. Run on updated JDK
    It might “just work”
    

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63. Address compiler warnings
    

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64. Address compiler warnings
    …they are there for a reason
    

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65. Update your dependencies
    

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66. Update your dependencies
    And add new ones
    

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67. Update your build tool
    

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68. Update your build tool
    Updated Maven and Gradle required
    

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69. Compile against updated JDK
    

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70. Compile against updated JDK
    …and start using the shiny new features
    

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71. https://www.infoq.com/articles/upgrading-java-8-to-12/
    

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72. In Summary
    

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73. Modern Java Can Help You
    

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74. Modern Java Can Help You
    Performance, cost, maintenance…
    

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75. There are two upgrade options
    

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76. There are two upgrade options
    To Java 11 (LTS) or to Java 14 (upgrade every 6 months)
    

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77. Upgrade Now And Reduce Future
    Pain
    

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78. Upgrade Now And Reduce Future
    Pain
    …and keep upgrading, at least in CI
    

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79. http://bit.ly/beyond-j8
    @trisha_gee
    

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