What's New in Java 9

By Sander Mak
It is time to get up to speed with the release of Java 9 and its developments. In this course, you'll learn about the new features, such as the module system, newly introduced APIs, and changes to the language.
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Rating
(85)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Sep 14, 2017
Duration
3h 32m
Table of contents
Course Overview
Course Overview 2m
The Java Platform Module System
Introduction 4m The Modular JDK 10m Module Descriptors 7m Migration Concerns: Encapsulated Types 12m Migration Concerns: Non-default Modules 5m Summary 2m
Introducing JShell
What's a REPL? 3m Demo: JShell Basics 7m Demo: Declarations 7m JShell and the Environment 6m Summary 1m
Small Language and Library Improvements
Collection Factory Methods 10m Stream API: Improvements 5m Stream API: Demo 5m Stream API: New Collectors 5m Optional: Improvements 4m Optional: Additions 5m Small Language Changes 8m Other Improvements 7m Summary 1m
Exploring the HTTP/2 and Process APIs
Process and ProcessHandle 5m Demo: Spawn, Watch, and Kill a Process 7m HttpClient 5m Demo: HttpClient and HttpRequest 7m Reactive Streams with the Flow API 7m StackWalker 6m Summary 1m
Desktop Java Enhancements
General Desktop Java Updates 7m Platform Specific Desktop Features 4m Demo: Taskbar 5m Multi-resolution Images 5m JavaFX Updates 5m Summary 1m
Performance and Security Enhancements
G1 Garbage Collector 9m String Performance 6m Filter Incoming Serialization Data 5m TLS Improvements 8m Wrapping Up 4m
Description
Course info
Rating
(85)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Sep 14, 2017
Duration
3h 32m
Description

Java 9 is packed with new features. In this course, What's New in Java 9, you'll get an overview of the most important changes to the language and libraries. First, you'll delve into the module system, introducing modules into the Java language. Then, you'll discover jshell, a new tool for interactively experimenting with Java code. Finally, you'll explore smaller and incremental changes, such as improvements to APIs like Stream and Optional, the addition of collection factory methods, and newly introduced APIs such as ProcessHandle and HttpClient. When you're finished with this course, you'll be ready to make the most of Java 9 in your own projects.

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Sander Mak
About the author

Sander is Director of Technology at Picnic —the Dutch online grocery scale-up— building Java-based systems at scale. He also is a Java Champion and author of the O'Reilly book 'Java 9 Modularity' (see javamodularity.com). As an avid conference speaker, Sander loves sharing knowledge, also through his blog at http://branchandbound.net and as Pluralsight instructor.

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