Moving the Java Community Forward
summary
Overview of concrete programs and numbers: Oracle runs the OpenJDK project openly, publishes Java 20 and Early Access builds for Java 21 on a six‑month cadence, and asks for feedback on preview features; tooling includes jdepperscan to find deprecated API use. The ecosystem claims over 10 million developers, ~360 Java User Groups, dev.java and inside.java hubs, 350,000 newsletter subscribers and ~100,000 YouTube subscribers, plus free course modules and certification pathways.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction to Java
- 1:24Balancing innovation
- 4:04Core principles
- 8:17OpenJDK and participation
- 11:48Contributing to Java
- 13:44Tools for success
- 16:22Modern communication
- 17:52Java user groups
- 19:48Online learning portals
- 22:13Podcasts and certification
- 23:39Digital learning channels
- 25:37Closing thoughts
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