Java news - will Oracle sue us for using the Java name? Java 10 is live with a big new feature (local variable type inference) and JavaEE is now JakartaEE.
Plus some talk about upcoming courses - Kotlin Programming and Kubernetes.
Should VirtualPairProgrammers do more front end work, particularly JavaScript frameworks like Angular (A: yes)
Here's the link to the survey we discuss: The State of Java in 2018

Podcast 13: Java news roundup

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Matt and Richard talk again about the mess that is Java versions, plus a bit about what we're working on and what's coming next at Virtual Pair Programmers

Podcast 16: Java Versions again

Richard came into the office this morning in a real mood, had a rant, and so we decided to do a podcast today! It's all about Apache Spark this time.

Podcast 15: Spark Core, Spark SQL and Spark ML

It's been a while but the latest podcast is now here... just after the official releaes of Java 11. Find out whether Java 11 is worth paying for, and whether you should be rushing to upgrade. We'll also mention what we're working on (SparkSQL and Spark Machine Learning)...

Podcast 14: Java 11 is here

Matt’s alone in the studio today – Richard is busy working on updating our courses, so Matt took the opportunity to interview Jon Humble, principle engineer at Sky Betting and Gaming. Find out about the technology stack Jon uses to support systems dealing with huge volumes of data and how they decide whether to use Scala or Java for different jobs.
 

Podcast 13: Java news roundup

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