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Project Lilliput would shrink Java object header

OpenJDK proposal to reduce the Java object header by half or more would lower memory and CPU usage on all Java workloads.

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Google Jetpack Compose Android UI toolkit now in beta

Declarative UI toolkit is intended to ease the development of native applications across Android platforms.

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Entry-level software developer? Learn React to get that first job

Go and Kotlin are also good bets for developers with just a few years of experience — not Java.

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Oracle adds GraalVM to Java subscription

High-performance multi-language runtime will be bundled with Java SE at no extra cost.

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GraalVM boosts Java performance with Truffle framework

Java on Truffle in GraalVM 21 brings Java up to snuff with Python, Ruby, and JavaScript on the multi-language virtual machine.

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Python edges C++ for Tiobe’s programming language of the year

Tiobe index of programming language popularity identified Python and C++ as the languages with the greatest increases in popularity in 2020.

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ActiveJ Java platform takes aim at Spring, Quarkus

High-performance Java platform born in ad-tech is geared toward high-load web, cloud, networking, and microservices applications

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Eclipse weighs Java 11 support for Jakarta EE 9

Open source enterprise Java project considers dependency injection improvements and higher performance code for version 10

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Enterprise Java gets a new namespace

With the transition to the jakarta namespace and Jakarta EE 9, the enterprise Java ecosystem prepares for the development of cloud-native Jakarta EE 10.

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The best programming language to learn now

Python is clearly the best choice, unless a better choice is Java or JavaScript. Let’s compare.

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Kotlin adds dynamic method invocation for JVM

Experimental feature in Kotlin 1.4.20 allows string concatenations to be compiled into dynamic invocations for JDK 9 or later targets

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Red Hat Quarkus Java stack moves to OpenShift

The Quarkus framework allows developers to build Kubernetes-native Java applications, now on OpenShift

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How to use typesafe enums in Java

Use typesafe enums to avoid the problems with traditional enumerated types

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JetBrains releases desktop UI framework for Kotlin

Based on Google’s Jetpack Compose for Android, JetBrains’ Jetpack Compose for Desktop takes a declarative and reactive approach to creating user interfaces with Kotlin

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Python soars past Java in Tiobe language index

Python ranks as the second most popular programming language in the November index, with C first and Java slipping to third place

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Azul unveils migration services from Oracle Java

Azul offers two levels of migration services to entice enterprises to make the move from Oracle Java to Azul Zulu builds of OpenJDK

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How to use Java generics to avoid ClassCastExceptions

Learn how Java’s support for generics helps you develop more robust code

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Kotlin queues up new compiler, WebAssembly back end

Project roadmap puts a compiler rewrite, multiplatform mobile development, and WebAssembly at the top of the to do list

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How Oracle v. Google could upend software development

If Oracle convinces the U.S. Supreme Court that APIs are copyrightable, the impact will be felt by software developers across the globe

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JDK 15: The new features in Java 15

Just-arrived update to standard Java features text blocks, hidden classes, the Z Garbage Collector, and previews of pattern matching and records

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