*sigh* Just when I convince my work to let me use Java 8 for one program. Anyone recommend any good Java 8 books?
Java SE 9 and Java EE 8 arrive, 364 days later than first planned
Java SE 9 and Java EE 8 have arrived. Version 9 of the Java development kit was supposed to ship on September 22, 2016, but delays and a dispute over the "Jigsaw" Java Platform Module System saw the release date pushed out to Thursday, September 21. Which is precisely when Oracle announced that the two new versions of Java …
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Friday 22nd September 2017 10:58 GMT Anonymous Coward
@James
Why would you want to upgrade ASAP anyway?
Besides: as others already said, this has never been a problem on Java. One of the reasons I appreciate the language so much is because it's mostly backwards compatible. There are tons of Java applications out there which don't even use the specific features which Java SE 8 has to offer (new in comparison to SE6 for example).
Quite frankly I think this is one of Java's key strengths; the risk of having to re-design your software whenever a new version hits the shelves is usually neglectable. Which can't be said for a ton of other programming languages (PHP being the most notorious for that).
Maybe also good to know: most Java IDE's provide support for managing multiple build targets. In other words: using multiple JDK's next to each other (I only have hands on experience with NetBeans, but I know at least 2 other IDE's which also support this). You can easily have a Java SE8 environment while you're still building stuff for Java SE6.
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