The main news so far has been the release of Java 11. It's not a large release in terms of new developer functionality since Java 10, but it is the first Long Term Support Release since Java 8, so if you've been hanging around on Java 8, now's the time to look at all new things that made it into Java 9, 10, and 11. Java 11 also removes things. This, like, never happens in Java. Also noteworthy, Or