Every half year new major releases appear every two years as LTS with more extended support (Long Term Support). Many of us are still working with the earlier LTS version 8 or have only switched to 11. So we want to take a look at what has happened in the Java universe since then. These are such exciting topics as Pattern Matching, Virtual Threads as well as many smaller features. But many more features are in the works or planned, like the Vector API, the Foreign Function & Memory API, String Interpolation, or the Primitive or 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 the next years in your daily work.