{"id":25536,"date":"2016-10-07T15:48:20","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T15:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/idea\/?p=14776"},"modified":"2016-10-11T09:12:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T09:12:44","slug":"java-annotated-monthly-october-2016","status":"publish","type":"idea","link":"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/ja\/idea\/2016\/10\/java-annotated-monthly-october-2016","title":{"rendered":"Java Annotated Monthly – October 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

September is a busy conference month, in particular\u00a0a number of the Java-related JetBrains team\u00a0were at JavaZone<\/a> and JavaOne<\/a>. \u00a0To save you some time, cash, and pain, October’s annotated monthly\u00a0is going to be a little heavy on links to videos and slides – we go to conferences so that you don’t have to.<\/p>\n

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Community<\/h2>\n

Before JavaOne, the community was a little concerned about Oracle’s dedication to Java.\u00a0However, the JavaOne keynote<\/a> showcased Java past and future,\u00a0NetBeans has been accepted into the Apache incubator<\/a>, and there were plenty of Java EE sessions<\/a>\u00a0at JavaOne,\u00a0including an update from Oracle<\/a> stating that the future of Java EE is In The Cloud. This refocussing implies a change in deadlines, Java EE 8 is targeted\u00a0for the end of 2017<\/a>, and\u00a0work on Java EE 9 will run in parallel and aim for an aggressive deadline of 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The other “news” item that seems to crop up regularly is Oracle vs Google, and this month is no different – Oracle’s latest appeal has been denied<\/a>. \u00a0Game Over…? Watch this space. \u00a0Or don’t, because frankly I’m bored of this topic.<\/p>\n

In more interesting news, JavaOne was a a great opportunity to celebrate the Java Community<\/a>, for example through the Duke’s Choice Awards<\/a>, the various Nighthacking sessions<\/a>, and the Community Keynote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Java 9<\/h2>\n

Last month<\/a>\u00a0I stated that Java 9 is months off, and\u00a0now\u00a0apparently it’s going to be delayed\u00a0another 4 months<\/a>. \u00a0But the community has been supportive of the move\u00a0– after all, developers of all people know that estimates are hard<\/a> and quality takes time. In the meantime, we can still get up to speed on what’s coming, (and the latest EAP of IntelliJ IDEA<\/a>\u00a0has basic support for modules<\/a>), so here’s a selection of Java 9 presentations from JavaOne and JavaZone:<\/p>\n