Major releases with a multitude of new features appear every six months. Some start as incubators and many go through several preview phases. And even if we can't use the new functions directly, it's always worth taking a look at the latest status. We are currently looking at exciting topics such as Pattern Matching enhancements, libraries for Virtual Threads such as Structured Concurrency, String Templates, Stream Gatherers, Flexible Constructor Bodies, Module Import Declarations, Simple Source Files and Instance Main Methods, the Class File API, Stable Values and Value Types.

In addition to these various JDK Enhancement Proposals (JEPs), we will of course also take a look at helpful API improvements and changes to the JVM, e.g. the garbage collectors. You will get an overview of the latest developments in the Java environment and see today what you can expect in your daily work over the next few years.