Knowledge Base

the Java Cryptography Architecture, the standard JDK API for cryptographic operations including encryption, signatures, and key management. Technically correct and notoriously hostile to casual use.

a fast, lightweight Windows-only Java IDE written in C++. Popular in classrooms in the early 2000s; now largely abandoned.

Oracle's free Java IDE, deeply integrated with Oracle ADF and Fusion Middleware. Powerful but heavy.

JDK Release Process

Application Class-Data Sharing

Value Classes and Objects (Preview)

Enhanced Primitive Boxing (Preview)

Pattern Matching for switch

Prepare to Make Final Mean Final

Remove the Applet API

Ahead-of-Time Object Caching with Any GC

HTTP/3 for the HTTP Client API

Post-Quantum Hybrid Key Exchange for TLS 1.3

Compact Object Headers by Default

Shenandoah GC: Generational Mode by Default

draft: Enhanced Local Variable Declarations (Preview)

an economics observation (Jevons, 1865, on coal) that making a resource cheaper to use increases total consumption rather than reducing it.

a full curses-like environment for Java, vaguely reminiscent of Borland's Turbo Vision by design.

The Java Flight Recorder is a diagnostic tool for Java, integrated into the JVM. It does, however, require a commercial license for use in production.