Nicolai is a thirty-year-old boy, as the narrator would put it (if he’s generous), who has found his passion for software development (mostly Java) and who codes for a living as well as for fun. He also writes, speaks, streams, trains, and consults about it, and organizes a conference. His home is at codefx.org.
Many projects are still on Java 8 and yet, Java 14 is already out! The small releases after 9 created the illusion of nothing much happening, but nothing could be further from the truth – a lot changed since then that shapes the look of everyday Java code:
* new language features like records, switch expressions, `var`, and text blocks
* new APIs like stack walking and the reactive HTTP/2 client
* additions to existing APIs, like `Stream` and `Optional`
In this talk, we’ll take a simple Java 8 codebase, update it to 14, and refactor it to use the new language features and APIs. You’ll be surprised how much the code changes!
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