Ever since Sun Microsystems open sourced Java in 2006, innovation has flowed out of its loyal and creative development community. Current Java corporate caretaker Oracle has maintained the tradition it inherited in the 2010 acquisition of Sun with the release of Java 24 (Oracle JDK 24) at JavaOne 2025 earlier this month.
The latest iteration of the widely used programming language and development platform contains significant advancements aimed at developer productivity and improved enterprise-grade application capabilities. JDK 24 includes…