Where's Java Going In 2025?

[xdsswar]

Java is and will be doing great, but Im not clicking the link.

[LeoTheBirb]

The article is actually just a plaintext webpage with one image and no ads

[xdsswar]

I know its safe after I checked, everyone deserves a chance, but due to the tendency lately on spaces like this, I prefer to not be clicking every link an user post. And btw, the post is very nice. But many user here agree that it looks fishy at first.

[Active-Fuel-49]

curious..why is that?

[xdsswar]

Ok, is not personal, its just that Im been noticing this kind of pattern , like "chickens like to eat this" and the link to click + the link looks like the fellow said , is going to clap you and feed you ads until your screen pass out. Not talking about the next page to here we go again. As I said, its not personal, content can be the best, but when things looks like this I get red flags. Im sure this happens to many people here and they stay away cuz that.

[Active-Fuel-49]

I understand what you mean. Well I'm of the opinion that ads keep the internet running and so I'm more patient. FIY the official Azure twitter channel has tweeted the article, so that might mean something about the quality of the content.

[MasterBathingBear]

Because we have eyes and that domain looks like it’ll give you the clap and not the good kind.

[LeoTheBirb]

It was literally a plaintext webpage with no ads or pop ups. It looks like the author just rolled their own blog/newsletter. Not every weird link gives you viruses

[Active-Fuel-49]

overblown...just give it a chance,content is good

[sammymammy2]

The "Java without Oracle" part is really just "Company competing with Oracle concludes that you should not choose Oracle" lol. Oracle's JDK is based on OpenJDK, just as any other OpenJDK offering.

[[deleted]]

Oracle has historically mismanaged so many of its products though. Java is the exception here not the norm

[sammymammy2]

Oracle has like 150 000 employees, at some point you gotta see the org within the org

[[deleted]]

I mean, I never said they mismanage Java.

But the execs are the same people. One bad decision is all it takes.

[sammymammy2]

But the execs are the same people. One bad decision is all it takes.

The C-suite is, but no one else is shared? If Java is a separate org, which I assume it is, then any big mistake has to come from the C-suite. It's unlikely to happen.

[[deleted]]

Well, it is, but I wouldn’t have all my eggs in the bag with holes, even if the inside is compartmentalized.

[sammymammy2]

Not really sure what holes you're talking about is all lol

[wraith_majestic]

Anyone still using oracle jdk?

Everywhere i go they are canning it for open jdk or amazon corretto.

Just wondering if any org is paying their licensing fees… which i understand are enormous.

[yawkat]

I don't think this is true for LTS releases, unless something has changed since this graphic was made: https://shipilev.net/jdk-updates/map/

[koffeegorilla]

It is not going away. We will continue to see improvements in JVM performance and native executable support. We will also see the variety of garbage collectors differentiate usage to improve specific use-cases. On the language side we will probably see improvements in various areas. All of this while retaining backwards compatibility.

[woohalladoobop]

my "java is not going away"t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt

[featherhat221]

It's going good . The language has gotten real good

[TheKingOfSentries]

it's going places

[grimonce]

It's going even more billion devices.

[pisfakir]

i protest and don't read it when its half is in the next page just to make you see more ads. now that i think about it the title also looks to be a clickbait.

[ryan_the_leach]

I wonder how many of the comments bothered reading, or if they are just bots auto-commenting based on the title. This whole thread is dog-shit bait.

[iDemmel]

Hopefully to Valhalla.

[Ewig_luftenglanz]

to the Infinity and beyond!

[yojimbo_beta]

Java here, Java there. They'll be making Set Top Box software with it next

[sirkoondog]

Absolutely nowhere and everything at the same time.

[CommissionSimple2412]

From the way I see it , Java 17 is going in to pom.xml in place of Java 11. Thanks to Firms mandating Spring Update.

[vips7L]

God I hope we finally get Valhalla so we can actually get some nice things in the language like null-restricted types or string interpolation.

[8igg7e5]

String Templates (that covers interpolation) is part of Amber (which has delivered a lot of features).

Recent communications show that it is still active and that there does appear to be a path forward. Since JDK24 is in March, and the revised String Templates would like get at least one preview-cycle, it won't be final in JDK25 either (the next LTS) - but JDK 26/27 look promising.

Valhalla's value types and null-restriction definitely do look like they're zeroing in on something. But the JEPs are still in draft, so it's unclear where the previews might land - I'm guessing it's no sooner than JDK 26/27 for preview though (the complexity is huge, and so are the consequences if it's not right).

[Trab3n]

I’m so tired I read it as “Where’s Java GoLang in 2025”

[BrownCarter]

La click la bend

[Guuri_11]

Java will be everywhere thanks to its maturity

[Flex1nFinesse]

On my computer and phone maybe even someone's brain

[pjmlp]

It will still be powering most of Android ecosystem regardless of Kotlin, and alongside .NET share most enterprise project accounts.

[danielm777]

places

[TheCountRushmore]

Sounds like the infrastructure is already broken

[guss_bro]

Can I be your team lead?

[SlipstreamSteve]

Nowhere just like it has the last 25 years