Modern Java for the Masses! Is Java Still Relevant
summary
Java 21 adds concrete features — pattern matching (including record/unnamed patterns), virtual threads that replace much manual concurrency, preview string templates, and a Foreign Function & Memory API to reduce JNI pain — while the JDK’s six‑month cadence and LTS cadence speed feature delivery. The ecosystem stays dominant: Spring Boot, Maven/Gradle and Maven Central plus GraalVM native images for smaller footprints. Java remains top‑three in popularity yet many shops still run Java 8 (one migration of ~100 apps cost a year and millions).
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:09What programming languages did you learn
- 6:45My subjective rating of the languages
- 8:00Is Java still relevant
- 10:53Javas popularity
- 12:25The boring phase
- 14:28The release cycle
- 15:53Modern Java features
- 17:01Comparison with other modern languages
- 21:30Advantages of Java
- 28:01Limitations of Java
- 31:21When to use Java
- 34:01My Opinion
- 37:55Tips for Beginners
