JDK 12 Update: new features and interaction with OpenJDK

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An overview of JDK 12's changes including language and JVM updates, bug fixes, security patches, added/removed classes and methods, deprecated features, and tooling changes. It explains that Oracle JDK and OpenJDK components have been unified so Oracle JDK 12 can be replaced by OpenJDK 12 and users can choose JDK builds from different vendors. The talk also demonstrates long-term use of the Java module system by building a custom Java runtime for an application and covers migration considerations for older Java applications to JDK 12.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:47Java release cycles
3. 7:26Oracle JDK vs OpenJDK
4. 13:43OpenJDK community
5. 23:12Java Web Start status
6. 31:40Modularization and runtimes
7. 39:16Switch expressions
8. 44:10Garbage collector
9. 51:37GraalVM and tech
10. 58:29Future projects
11. 1:03:36Release structure

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