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Big Kotlin pack by Marcin Moskała is the featured bundle of ebooks 📚 on Leanpub!
Proposed to target JDK 28: JEP 541: Deprecate the macOS/x64 Port for Removal: https://openjdk.org/jeps/541 #jdk28 #openjdk #java
It’s been a busy week in the #Java ecosystem!
Highlights include:
➤ JEP 535, Shenandoah GC: Generational Mode by Default, targeted for JDK 28; point releases of A2A Java SDK, Apache Camel and Gradle; a maintenance release of GlassFish; the fifth milestone release of Groovy 8.0; and a follow-up of the JetBrains TeamCity CVE.
🔗 #InfoQ News Roundup: https://bit.ly/4fT52M0
#SoftwareDevelopment
New video: Understanding Gradle #37 – Gradle on CI: GitHub Actions & TestLens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyrGN6_0Tn4&list=PLWQK2ZdV4Yl2k2OmC_gsjDpdIBTN0qqkE
In which I show the basics of defining a GitHub Actions workflow for Gradle builds and motivate why we built @testlens to close the gap in test reporting and failure analysis for Java projects on GitHub Actions CI.
Get TestLens now: https://testlens.app
A Short Guide to Naming by Tim Ottinger is free with a Leanpub Reader membership! Or you can buy it for $6.50! https://leanpub.com/naming_shortguide #computer_programming #python #javascript #java #web_development #refactoring
Taking advantage of virtual threads, in Spring Framework, is easy. The benefits are real. Rarely, the benefits cause problems downstream. In those cases, its just as easy to disable. #virtualthreads #springframework #springboot #java
TestLens – our test reporting and flaky test management solution for Java projects on GitHub – is now available on the GitHub marketplace.
https://github.com/marketplace/testlens-app
🟢 🟡 🟠 🔴
It's free for user accounts. If you have a GitHub account, please consider giving it a try.
It would help us (@marcphilipp, @britter and me) a bunch
to test and gain visibility. Thanks! 🙏
Getting to Know IntelliJ IDEA by Trisha Gee and Helen Scott is on sale on Leanpub! Its suggested price is $30.00; get it for $27.00 with this coupon: https://leanpub.com/gettingtoknowIntelliJIDEA/c/LeanPublishingDaily20260729 #computer_programming #java #software #ides
Woohoo! JEP 401 (Value Objects) has landed in mainline!
$ jshell
| Welcome to JShell -- Version 28-internal
| For an introduction type: /help intro
jshell> new Integer(1234) == new Integer(1234)
$1 ==> false
$ jshell --enable-preview
| Welcome to JShell -- Version 28-internal
| For an introduction type: /help intro
jshell> new Integer(1234) == new Integer(1234)
$1 ==> true
Jetpack Compose internals by Jorge Castillo is on sale on Leanpub! Its suggested price is $49.99; get it for $17.50 with this coupon: https://leanpub.com/composeinternals/c/LeanPublishingDaily20260724 #software #computer_programming #java #kotlin #software_architecture
Java deprecates support for macOS x86
Apple has transitioned its hardware products to the AArch64 processor architecture and is phasing out support for x64. Oracle engineers will thus stop maintaining the macOS/x64 port as of JDK 27. Maintaining the port is a significant burden.
↫ JEP 541: Deprecate the macOS/x64 Port for Removal
The port won't yet be removed, but will be in a future release. Consi
https://www.osnews.com/story/145609/java-deprecates-support-for-macos-x86/
Spring Boot 4 In Practice by Jitin Kayyala is on sale on Leanpub! Its suggested price is $29.99; get it for $18.89 with this coupon: https://leanpub.com/springboot4inpractice/c/LeanpubWeeklySale20260721 #java #web_development #software
Years ago, I migrated from #NetBeans to #IntelliJ.
With all the AI and telemetry and terms of service and free trials and whatnot, I'm starting to think it's time to migrate back…
My only major reservation is that https://jte.gg has only an IntelliJ plugin. I will have no completion, highlighting, etc in my HTML templates any more, and some of them are rather complicated…
What does everyone think?
It’s been a busy week in the #Java ecosystem!
Highlights include:
➤ A reintroduction of Value Objects (Preview); the GA release of WildFly 41; the July 2026 edition of Open Liberty 26.0.0.7; point releases of TornadoVM, Apache TomEE, Java Operator SDK and LangChain4j; a maintenance release of Micronaut; a new extension, Quarkus Shim; and a new Oracle AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications.
🔗#InfoQ News Roundup: https://bit.ly/4gKEMnU
Big Kotlin pack by Marcin Moskała is the featured bundle of ebooks 📚 on Leanpub!
Glad to have been featured (sort of) in the new Java documentary, "Write Once Run Forever”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=X46PPl0tQLFm9pSm&t=4018&v=ZqGSg4b_cZA&feature=youtu.be
Overall very nicely done. Congratulations CultRepo!
I attended a special preview showing of the Java Documentary, along with a panel session and reunion. Here are some notes on the event.
https://stuartmarks.wordpress.com/2026/07/17/the-official-java-documentary/
RE: https://mastodon.online/@mthmulders/116937108458931120
Search Maven Central from the command-line! #Java
Logpoints and a bundled debugger skill to make #debugging easier, dependency completion for #Gradle and #Maven, support for #Java 27, #Kotlin 2.4, new features for #Spring security, #Docker and more...
#IntelliJIDEA 2026.2 is here: https://youtu.be/1wzW-gM9OZE?is=yz-0VOIX61p8KWTj
It’s been a busy week in the #Java ecosystem!
Highlights include:
➤ The GA release of TornadoVM 5.0; point releases of JHipster, Keycloak and Google ADK; maintenance releases of GraalVM Native Build Tools and Micronaut; the OmniFish Build of Payara and introducing Vidocq, a new implementation of the Jakarta EE 11 Core Profile and MicroProfile 7.1.
🔗#InfoQ News Roundup: https://bit.ly/3SWJJ3b
New candidate JEP: 401: Value Objects (Preview): https://openjdk.org/jeps/401 #openjdk #java
Great interview tips from Duke's Corner #Java podcaster Jim Grisanzio: https://www.patreon.com/grisanzio/posts/tips-for-163417841
#Hardwood has been released as an #opensource library.
Built to optimize #ApacheParquet reading on the JVM, it uses a multi-threaded architecture with zero mandatory external dependencies, offering a simpler, high-performance alternative to the Apache Parquet Java implementation.
More details on #InfoQ 👉 https://bit.ly/4y9VQd4
Functional Java by dimitris papadimitriou is free with a Leanpub Reader membership! Or you can buy it for $2.00! https://leanpub.com/functional-java-with-vavr #java #functional_programming
Big Kotlin pack by Marcin Moskała is the featured bundle of ebooks 📚 on Leanpub!