This month’s annotated monthly is… not so annotated. The choice was either no annotated monthly at all or a not-very-annotated monthly. I thought there was more value in option 2 than in option 1. However, it does lead to a new game: add witty annotations in the comments. The winner gets to do Java Annotated Monthly for the rest of their life.

Java News

• Download Java: One Stop Page – an attempt to bring together all the JDKs one could download into a single list.
• JEP 355: Text Blocks (Preview) – multi-line strings are now text blocks, with the preview (probably) coming in Java 13
• JVM Ecosystem Survey 2019 – please take the survey today
• Immutable Collections In Java – Not Now, Not Ever
• IT runs on Java 8 – yeah, all this modern stuff is all well and good, but it’s not actually The Real World (thanks for making me feel like part of the problem!!)
• Otherworldly Java: Gateway to the Moon and Beyond (video) – haven’t had a chance to watch it yet but it’s on my list
• Graal: Not Just a New JIT for the JVM (video)
• Processing Large Files – Java, Go and ‘hitting the wall’ – a follow up to the series of posts that I linked to last month. Made me want to run off and do my own benchmarks, but honestly, we’ve all got better things to do than squeeze that out last millisecond
• OK, Java is still free but which version do I use and recommend to my clients?
• Don’t Fear the Java – more on the same topic

Java Tutorials & Tips

• How We Find Lambda Expressions in IntelliJ IDEA – a look under the covers of how the IDE works
• String concatenation, redux – a look under the covers of how Java works
• TornadoFX: Migrating JDK 8 to OpenJDK 11 – step-by-step migration
• Migrating Spring Boot Applications to the Latest Java Version (Java 11) – a case study that looks at the technical and political challenges of upgrading from Java 8
• Life After Java 8 by Trisha Gee (video) – on the same topic: challenges of migration
• Java 11 – Standard HTTP Client VS Apache HttpClient
• Running a Java class as a subprocess – i.e. just a class, not a jar
• Java 8 Comparator – How to sort a List – I particularly like the chained example at the end
• Local Type Inference Cheat Sheet for Java 10 and beyond! – this is not from this month, but I stumbled over it again recently and found it helpful

Languages, Frameworks, Libraries, and Technologies

• Spring Tips: JavaFX – integrating Spring Boot with JavaFX
• Writing Web Applications in Java – a Study of Alternatives
• Introduction to RxKotlin – quick guide to get you started
• Cybersecurity Trends for 2019 — The Good and The Bad
• Most Important Security Elements (Part 1)
• Introduction to Lombok – everyone’s always telling me Lombok is amazing
• Persistence for Java Microservices in Kubernetes via JPA
• Test-Driven Development: Really, It’s a Design Technique – TDD is good, mmkay?

Culture & Community

A mix of stuff around managing workload; company culture; diversity; career; and machine learning.

• OPP (Other People’s Problems) – consider if you really want to fix that organizational problem
• Keeping our culture strong: Diversity matters to Rodrigo Gomez Avila – it’s a recruiting pitch for Dropbox, but it’s nice to see stories where people feel included in their companies and not just all the bad news.
• Listen to those who encourage you to step up with Trisha Gee – another career related interview
• How To Hack The Anxiety Roadblock And Get More Done – or maybe you’ve just got too much to do already?
• The Case for Slow Programming – software developers are not typists.
• Burnout is an official medical diagnosis, World Health Organization says – yay?
• Burnout – some basics
• Burnout? Here are 7 ways to replenish your mental energy.
• Why and How Etsy Embraces Differences at the Workplace – walk the walk, don’t just talk the talk
• Why Our Work Isn’t Used! (video) – I didn’t get a chance to watch this video yet but I really really want to know the answer to this question
• Building inclusion, fairness, and ethics into machine learning: Meet Googler Andrew Zaldivar
• The Myth of the Impartial Machine – addressing bias in machine learning
• What’s Executive Presence? The Art And Science Of Getting Ahead At Work – interesting article about how to demonstrate leadership qualities (aimed at women and relevant for all)
• Is High-Quality Software Worth the Cost?

And Finally

Here’s a chance to catch up on the IntelliJ IDEA and other JetBrains news that you might have missed.

• JetBrains .NET Day Online 2019 – Session recordings available – what’s this doing in Java Annotated Monthly? Well a) Java and .NET aren’t mutually exclusive but also b) I’m thinking of running an event like this for JVM topics; are you interested?
• Webinar Recording: Shifting Security from Right to Left
• Webinar Recording: What’s New in JDK 12
• CodeStream Captures Knowledge About Your Code, Speeds Up Onboarding of New Devs and Improves Code Quality (Guest Post)
• IntelliJ IDEA Starts the 2019.2 Early Access Program – I’m really excited about some of the features in this release

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