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InfoQ Java Trends Report - November 2023

This report provides a summary of how the InfoQ Java editorial team and several Java Champions currently see the adoption of technology and emerging trends within the Java and JVM space in 2023. We focus on Java the language, as well as related languages like Kotlin and Scala, the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), and Java-based frameworks and utilities.

Michael Redlich Ixchel Ruiz Alina Yurenko Rustam Mehmandarov Johan Janssen
on Nov 28, 2023
Java

Streamlining Code with Unnamed Patterns/Variables: a Comparative Study of Java, Kotlin, and Scala

Explore the use of the Unnamed Patterns/Variables in programming languages like Java, Kotlin, and Scala. Enhancing code readability, allowing omission of unnecessary components, and simplifying code are key features. Expect further innovative uses as languages evolve.

A N M Bazlur Rahman
on Aug 30, 2023
Java

Java Champion James Ward on the State of Java and JVM Languages

James Ward is a Java Champion and Google’s Kotlin product manager. In a podcast, Ward agreed that “people are still trapped in the Java world” and called default mutability in Java the “trillion-dollar mistake”. In this interview, he speaks about the state of Java, JVM languages, mutability, and functional programming.

James Ward Karsten Silz
on Aug 29, 2022
Java

Java InfoQ Trends Report - July 2019

The InfoQ Java trend report provides an overview of technology adoption and commentary on how we see the Java and JVM-related space evolving in 2019. Key developments include the release of Java 13, the rise of non-HotSpot JVMs and the evolution of GraalVM, and the changing landscape of Java microservice frameworks.

Ben Evans Erik Costlow Dustin Schultz Charles Humble
on Jul 16, 2019
Web Development

More Than React, Part 2: How Binding.scala Makes Reusability Easy

In Part 2 of "More Than React", Yang Bo goes into what's required to reuse components in vanilla JavaScript, ReactJS, and Binding.scala. Through examples, Yang shows how Binding.scala makes creating and reusing components easy with minimal code, reducing complexity and boilerplate.

Yang Bo
on Apr 08, 2017
Java

The Future of Java in the Enterprise - InfoQ’s Opinion

As part of ongoing work to review InfoQ’s editorial focus for the next year, we’ve been looking at the Java landscape in some detail. This article summarises our view of Java's role in the enterprise

Charles Humble
on Feb 20, 2017
Web Development

More Than React: Why You Shouldn’t Use ReactJS for Complex Interactive Front-End Projects, Part I

Does React function as well in complex interactive front-end projects as it does in simple interactive websites? In this article, Yang Bo introduces several problems encountered when using React in large projects and why he decided to develop a new framework to compete.

Yang Bo
on Jan 30, 2017
Architecture & Design

Reactive Messaging Patterns with the Actor Model Book Review and Q&A with Vaughn Vernon

Vaughn Vernon in his new book Reactive Messaging Patterns with the Actor Model shows how this model can simplify enterprise software development. After an introduction to the basics of the actor model and tutorials on Scala and Akka the rest of the book is a patterns catalogue describing most of the patterns in the book Enterprise Integration Patterns from an actor model perspective.

Jan Stenberg
on Oct 06, 2015
Architecture & Design

Deploying Microservices to AWS at Gilt: Introducing ION-Roller

Over a period of seven years, gilt.com has grown from an e-commerce start-up running a monolithic Ruby on Rails application to $1B luxury goods company operating a cloud-based microservice platform utilising Scala, Docker and AWS. This article introduces Gilt's ION-Roller continuous deployment application, and explains the history and motivations that lead to the creation of this tool.

Natalia Bartol Adrian Trenaman Gary Coady
on May 08, 2015
Java

Scala in Large Scale Systems

This is the first installment in a series about using Scala for large-scale data stores and analytics. Dave Hrycyszyn speaks to Andrew Jayne, senior software engineer at McLaren Applied Technologies, about the experience of building a custom high-performance data store in Scala.

Dave Hrycyszyn
on Feb 03, 2015
Functional Programming in Scala Review and Q&A with the Authors

Paul Chiusano and Rúnar Bjarnason's Functional Programming in Scala "is not a book about Scala," say the authors, rather it is a principled introduction to functional programming that relies on Scala. An interview with the authors.

Sergio De Simone
on Dec 08, 2014
Scala 2.12 Will Only Support Java 8

Scala 2.12 will require a Java 8 or above JVM to run. This release, scheduled for release in early 2016, will not run on any JVM before version 8.

Ben Evans
on Jul 29, 2014