We interrupt our scheduled lack of posts :p, with this important announcement:
Some of the highlights of the release in no particular order:
- Lambda expressions and new API to make use of it (the streams API)
- New date-time API inspired by Joda Time
- Poject Nashorn (fast JS interpreter)
- Interfaces with default methods
- Compact profiles
- Removing the permanent generation
- Java Mission Control and Java Flight Recorder
Read / find out more:
- Launch videos of Java 8 and features
- The Wait is Over: JDK 8 is Here!
- jdeps: JDK 8 Command-line Static Dependency Checke
- The Illuminating Javadoc of JDK 8
- Abstract Class Versus Interface in the JDK 8 Era
