Java Annotated

It's the last Java Annotated Monthly of 2021, and the last Java Annotated Monthly that I, Trisha, will personally produce. But never fear, as you've seen this year there are others in JetBrains who have already given their own voices to Annotated Monthly, I know I am leaving it in more than capable hands. I have been the caretaker of this newsletter for over five years, and this is my 56th issue!!

Hello! As usual, early November brings news and tips as well as community-related updates, helpful advice, and noteworthy opinions on the evolving technologies and frameworks around Java. In this edition of Annotated Monthly, we’ll talk about Java 17, possible shorter LTS cycles, and the future of Java. There is also an interesting article about different ways to network in the Java communi

Hello, and welcome to the October selection of the last month’s most exciting stories from the Java world. It is no secret that September was all about Java 17 – the latest long-term support (LTS) release after Java 11. We were very excited about the event, and we’ve prepared an impressive collection of materials about this highly-anticipated release. In this blog post, you’ll find informat

Welcome to the September edition of our monthly Java-related news! I am taking over the torch from Trisha to bring you the monthly round-up of all the important Java news you need to know. I feel curious and nervous all at the same time. The main insight I had while compiling this blog post is that the Java community is inspiring and very active with lots of events, news, and interesting opinions

Apparently it's been three whole months since I, Helen, last had the pleasure of editing Java Annotated Monthly. I do feel that time is passing differently since the pandemic. Then again, I'm constantly surprised that it's not March 2020. Right, on to the show! First up, IntelliJ IDEA 2021.2 has been released! Trisha has done an excellent job as always with the screencast detailing What's new for

Welcome to July's roundup of Java and Java-developer-related news! This month, we actually have a surprising amount of Java news, covering versions 11 through to 18! Yes, I know, 17 isn't even out yet, that's the crazy world we live in now. There's a good chunk of Spring and automated testing content too, as that's where a lot of my research was this month. If you're in the northern hemisphere and

June is here, which means it's almost summer for us in the northern hemisphere! With the pandemic still ongoing, it's important to try to find time to recharge and take those vacation days, if at all possible. While you're at work, you can do fun things like reading this newsletter! We've got a variety of content including feature highlights from Java 16 and Java 17 (the upcoming LTS release) as w

Spring is here, or it's supposed to be at least. The Java Advocacy Team here at JetBrains decided to create a Spring application, so we could explore what that looked like and create some content for you as well. Project blossom is now in full swing, so you'll see lots of Spring-related content in this version of Annotated Monthly. This project is also largely responsible for the Great Java Versio

Wow what a big month! Java 16 is out, IntelliJ IDEA 2021.1 is out, we had Internation Women's Day, the equinox, Passover and Easter and other holidays. On top of that, it's a year since Europe went into first lockdown. I've been wondering why I'm so exhausted and now I understand - it's not just the last month or two, it's the last year. It's now the 65467543985th day of March 2020, as far as I'm

You know about pair programming, right? Well this month we decided to triple on creating Java Annotated Monthly. So this month we have a different approach to the newsletter, where the "annotations" are provided by three different people: me (Trisha), Dalia and Helen. So, bear in mind that "I" is going to refer to more than one person! However, the quality remains the same as u

This month, we have quite a bit of news on Java 16, since the first release candidate build is out. We also cover the sunsetting of Bintray and JCenter, as well as including the usual mix of Java-and-related-technologies news, articles and tips. (more…)

Well 2020 is over, phew! And holy cow, I know I'm late with this month's Annotated (because I'm a real human being and like to take vacation) but even so there's a lot of stuff in this month's edition! There's more Java and Tech articles than usual and a bunch of Java news. Hang on in there for 2021, remember to continue being kind to each other, and to yourself. (more…)