A Tour of the Modern Java Platform
Bruce Eckel @BruceEckel
James Ward @_JamesWard

Java 11+ Features
● HelloRecords
○ Records
○ Type Inference
○ Text Blocks
● HelloSum
○ sealed
○ sums
○ "pattern matching" aka "type
predicate cast"
● HelloNullHelp
○ Collection factories
○ Helpful NPE
JDK Tooling
● modules
● jshell
● jpackage

github.com/jamesward/modern-java-springone

Spring Boot with Kotlin
● Kotlin
○ Data classes
○ Immutability
○ Explicit nulls
○ Extension Functions
○ DSL / Extension Lambda
● Testcontainers
● Reactive DB
● Concurrency (Coroutines)
● Containers & Buildpacks
● GraalVM Native Image

github.com/jamesward/kotlin-bars/tree/springone

jamesward.com/2021/03/16/the-modern-java-platform-2021-edition