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Advanced "Java 101"#talk#java‑basics #on‑ramp #community
Java's success as one of the most used programming languages in the world comes in no small parts from its approachability but what may have been an easy entry into programming in the mid 90s, appears laborious today and so, in recent years, Oracle and OpenJDK have worked to improve the situation.
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Does Java 22 Kill Build Tools? - Inside Java Newscast #63#video#java‑22 #on‑ramp
Java 22 brings multi source-file execution to the platform. It allows us to run programs consisting of multiple source files and even dependencies with just a simple java command. For experienced developers, this will make exploration and experimentation simpler but it's a real game changer for people just learning Java or even just to program: They can now write Java code from single to multiple source files and even add dependencies before they need to consider an IDE or build tool.
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Java Highlights of 2023 - Inside Java Newscast #60#video#turn‑of-the-year #on‑ramp #java‑8 #community #meta
2023 is coming to a close and it was quite a year for Java! Let's look back at some of the highlights: on-ramp improvements, why Java 8 is dying, JVMLS, community achievements, and how cool our YouTube channel is. 😊
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Script Java Easily in 21 and Beyond - Inside Java Newscast #49#video#java‑basics #on‑ramp
To give Java and programming beginners a better learning path, JEP 445 proposes to allow stand-alone main methods that are non-public, non-static, and don't have an args array and we're also JEP draft for multi-file programs
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The Simplest Hello World - Inside Java Newscast #35#video#project‑amber #on‑ramp
Visibility, classes, methods, instance and static members, parameters - a newcomer to programming needs to learn all of these concepts to truly understand a simple hello-world program in Java. Time to make that simpler and cut down on what needs to be known up front.
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Scripting Java 11, Shebang And All#post#java‑11 #tools #on‑ramp
On Java 11+, you can run a single source file without compiling it. Beyond experimentation, you can write scripts this way. Even shebang is supported!