Java's Future: Innovations and Enhancements - Interview with Brian Goetz

Explore the future of Java in this insightful 59-minute interview with Brian Goetz, Java Language Architect at Oracle. Gain a comprehensive understanding of Java's evolution as it celebrates its 25th anniversary, covering topics such as the JDK enhancement process, JCP projects like Amber, Loom, and Valhalla, container-based application optimization, language enhancements, and Java's ongoing relevance. Delve into discussions on balancing community needs, lambda expressions, preview features, functional reactive models, generics, the module system, native image technology, quantum computing applications, and dynamic languages. Discover new Java tools, ongoing debates, and future projects that will shape the language for years to come.

Introduction
Why Java
Balancing the community
Lambda
Java Community Process
Project Amber
Breaking things
Life cycle of preview features
Amber
Valhalla
Project Loom
Functional reactive model
Drawing inspiration from everywhere
Fibers
Generics
Containers in Java
Module System
Native Image
Java and Quantum Computing
Dynamic languages
Future Java projects
New Java tools
Biggest Java debates