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This page covers what we know so far about Java 9 – a collection of News and Articles keeping track of development as it unfolds.

I will keep this page updated with new resources as they’re created (and as I find them).

Schedule (new)

2017/01/05 Rampdown Start
2017/02/09 All Tests Run
2017/02/16 Zero Bug Bounce
2017/03/16 Rampdown Phase 2
2017/07/06 Final Release Candidate
2017/09/21 General Availability

Features

• >> Modularization
• >> Other JEPs
• >> General Java 9 Resources (May 2015)

Modularization

Project Jigsaw – History

• Project Jigsaw: Modular run-time images (Dec 2014)
• Project Jigsaw: Goals & Requirements (June 2014)
• Project Jigsaw: Phase Two (June 2014)
• Project Jigsaw: On the next train (Sept 2012)
• Project Jigsaw: Late for the train: The Q&A (Aug 2012)
• Project Jigsaw: Late for the train (June 2012)
• Project Jigsaw: Bringing the big picture into focus (Dec 2011)
• Project Jigsaw: Exploratory Phase
• Project Jigsaw: Context & History

Project Jigsaw – Official Resources

• Project Jigsaw – official project page
• Project Penrose
• JEP 200: The Modular JDK
• JEP 201: Modular Source Code
• JEP 220: Modular Run-Time Images
• JEP 260: Encapsulate Most Internal APIs
• JEP 261: Module System
• JSR 376: Java Platform Module System

Other JEPs

The Known Official JEPs

• JEP 102: Process API Updates
• JEP 143: Improve Contended Locking
• JEP 158: Unified JVM Logging
• JEP 165: Compiler Control
• JEP 193: Enhanced Volatiles
• JEP 197: Segmented Code Cache
• JEP 198: Light-Weight JSON API
• JEP 199: Smart Java Compilation, Phase Two
• JEP 201: Modular Source Code
• JEP 211: Elide Deprecation Warnings on Import Statements
• JEP 212: Resolve Lint and Doclint Warnings
• JEP 213: Milling Project Coin
• JEP 214: Remove GC Combinations Deprecated in JDK 8
• JEP 215: Tiered Attribution for javac
• JEP 216: Process Import Statements Correctly
• JEP 217: Annotations Pipeline 2.0
• JEP 219: Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)
• JEP 220: Modular Run-Time Images
• JEP 221: Simplified Doclet API
• JEP 222: Java Read-Eval-Print Loop (REPL)
• JEP 223: New Version-String Scheme
• JEP 224: HTML5 Javadoc
• JEP 225: Javadoc Search
• JEP 226: UTF-8 Property Files
• JEP 227: Unicode 7.0
• JEP 228: Add More Diagnostic Commands
• JEP 229: Create PKCS12 Keystores by Default
• JEP 230: Microbenchmark Suite
• JEP 231: Remove Launch-Time JRE Version Selection
• JEP 232: Improve Secure Application Performance
• JEP 233: Generate Run-Time Compiler Tests Automatically
• JEP 235: Test Class-File Attributes Generated by javac
• JEP 236: Parser API for Nashorn
• JEP 237: Linux/AArch64 Port
• JEP 238: Multi-Version JAR Files
• JEP 240: Remove the JVM TI hprof Agent
• JEP 241: Remove the jhat Tool
• JEP 243: Java-Level JVM Compiler Interface
• JEP 244: TLS Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation Extension
• JEP 245: Validate JVM Command-Line Flag Arguments
• JEP 246: Leverage CPU Instructions for GHASH and RSA
• JEP 247: Compile for Older Platform Versions
• JEP 248: Make G1 the Default Garbage Collector
• JEP 249: OCSP Stapling for TLS
• JEP 250: Store Interned Strings in CDS Archives
• JEP 251: Multi-Resolution Images
• JEP 252: Use CLDR Locale Data by Default
• JEP 253: Prepare JavaFX UI Controls & CSS APIs for Modularization
• JEP 254: Compact Strings
• JEP 255: Merge Selected Xerces 2.11.0 Updates into JAXP
• JEP 256: BeanInfo Annotations
• JEP 257: Update JavaFX/Media to Newer Version of GStreamer
• JEP 258: HarfBuzz Font-Layout Engine
• JEP 259: Stack-Walking API
• JEP 262: TIFF Image I/O
• JEP 263: HiDPI Graphics on Windows and Linux
• JEP 264: Platform Logging API and Service
• JEP 265: Marlin Graphics Renderer
• JEP 266: More Concurrency Updates
• JEP 267: Unicode 8.0
• JEP 268: XML Catalogs
• JEP 269: Convenience Factory Methods for Collections
• JEP 270: Reserved Stack Areas for Critical Sections
• JEP 271: Unified GC Logging
• JEP 272: Platform-Specific Desktop Features
• JEP 273: DRBG-Based SecureRandom Implementations
• JEP 274: Enhanced Method Handles
• JEP 275: Modular Java Application Packaging
• JEP 276: Dynamic Linking of Language-Defined Object Models
• JEP 277: Enhanced Deprecation
• JEP 278: Additional Tests for Humongous Objects in G1
• JEP 279: Improve Test-Failure Troubleshooting

Dropped JEPs:

• JEP 198: Light-Weight JSON API

General Java 9 Resources

Official Resources

• Proposed schedule for JDK 9 (May 2015)
• Java 9 and Beyond (March 2015)
• jdk9 Candidate classes Flow and SubmissionPublisher (Jan 2015)
• Java Endorsed Standards Override Mechanism (Dec 2014)
• Looking into the Java 9 Money and Currency API (JSR 354) (Dec 2014)
• Java CPU and PSU Releases Explained (Oct 2014)
• JavaOne Technical Keynote 9-28-2014 (Sept 2014)
• Welcome to Valhalla! (July 2014)
• Extending generics to support primitive type arguments (June 2014)
• State of the Values (April 2014)
• Mark Reinhold Discusses Java SE 8, Jigsaw and More (video) (Dec 2013)
• Open JDK – Kulla

Jigsaw and Modularization Resources

• Exploring the Module APIs in Java 9 (new – January 2018)
• Java 9 Module Services (new – January 2018)
• Handling dependency injection using Java 9 modularity (new – January 2018)
• Java 9 Debuts with Jigsaw Modular Approach at JavaOne (new – October 2017)
• Java 9 and Project Jigsaw Support Now Available in New Relic APM (new – October 2017)
• Musings about Jigsaw – The Java 9 Module System (new – October 2017)
• Java 9 and beyond: “Modules are very much a feature for the long-term” (new – September 2017)
• Java 9: Project Jigsaw and the move to modularity  (new – September 2017)
• Java 9, Jigsaw, JPMS, and Modules: A Personal Exploration (new – September 2017)
• Building Java 9 Modules  (new – September 2017)
• Java 9 Modularity and Jigsaw Project  (new – September 2017)
• Red Hat and IBM raise objections to Java 9 modularization (new – July 2017)
• Project Jigsaw is Really Coming in Java 9 (new – July 2017)
• Java 9 moves forward with the Java Platform Module System (new – July 2017)
• IBM and Red Hat to Vote “No” on Java Modules (Jigsaw) (new – July 2017)
• Java 9 Module System (new Oct 2015)
• Will There Be Module Hell? (new Oct 2015)
• Goodbye classpath – welcome Java 9 (new Oct 2015)
• Oracle says Java 9 modules will be a boon for developers (new Sept 2015)
• Java 9 modularity details emerge (new Sept 2015)
• The Gist of Mark Reinhold’s ‘State of Java 9’s Modules’ (new Sept 2015)
• Java 9 module plan picks up a packager (new Sept 2015)
• Java 9 & Jigsaw: Reinhold on ‘the State of the Modular System’ (new Sept 2015)
• The State of the Module System (Sept 2015)
• The Features Project Jigsaw Brings To Java 9 (June 2015)
• How Java 9 And Project Jigsaw May Break Your Code (April 2015)
• Java 9 will be lightweight and modular (March 2015)
• Modularity in Java 9: Stacking up with Project Jigsaw, Penrose, and OSGi (Feb 2015)
• Java focuses on modularity, real-time apps in 2015 (Jan 2015)
• Modular Java’s changes could break IDEs (Dec 2014)
• Can’t Stop this Release Train: JDK 9 Images Modularised (Dec 2014)
• Oracle Commit to Java Modularity (Nov 2014)
• Discovering Jigsaw, the new major java 9 feature. (Oct 2014)
• Is Project Jigsaw Back On Track? (July 2014)

GC Resources

• Minimize Java Memory Usage with the Right Garbage Collector   (new – November 2017)
• Understanding the G1 Garbage Collector – Java 9  (new – October 2017)
• Disruptive Changes to GC Logging in Java 9  (new – October 2017)
• How To Enable Java 9 Gc Logs? (new – October 2017)
• 43 Gc Logging Flags Removed In Java 9 (new – October 2017)
• The proliferation of Java Garbage Collection logs standards  (new – October 2017)
• G1 — Garbage-First collector — The default garbage collector in JAVA 9 (new – September 2017)
• Case for Defaulting to G1 Garbage Collector in Java 9 (new Sept 2015)
• Oracle Considers G1 Garbage Collector for Java 9 (June 2015)
• Cleaner garbage collector wanted for Java 9 (June 2015)
• Oracle Proposes G1 as the Default Garbage Collector for Java 9 (June 2015)

REPL Resources

• Java 9: Jshell (new – January 2018)
• Java REPL – jshell (new – October 2017)
• JShell : JAVA 9 REPL Tool (new – October 2017)
• Java 9 : Jshell (Repl) Feature (new – October 2017)
• Java 9 Repl Tutorial (new – July 2017)
• JDK 9 Checklist: Project Jigsaw, sun.misc.Unsafe, G1, REPL, and More (new – July 2017)
• Introduction to Java 9 REPL (new – July 2017)
• Java 9 (Part 2): JShell Step by Step (new – July 2017)
• JShell – Java 9 REPL (new – July 2017)
• Java JShell: All You Need to Know (new – July 2017)
• JShell, the Java 9 REPL – What does it do? (new Sept 2015)
• A Sneak Peek at Java 9 “Sleeper Feature” REPL and JShell (July 2015)
• JDK 9 REPL: Getting Started (Tech Tip #87) (May 2015)
• Java 9 REPL – Getting started guide (April 2015)
• Faster Clojure Repl Startup With Java 9 Snapshot (Jan 2015)
• The Java 9 ‘Kulla’ REPL (Dec 2014)
• Kulla Project: A REPL for Java (Sept 2014)
• Programmers could get REPL in official Java (Sept 2014)

Other General Resources

• Advanced Support for Java 9 Modules in IntelliJ IDEA 2018.1 (new – March 2018)
• Maven, Eclipse and Java 9 (new – March 2018)
• Understanding Java 9 Modules (new – February 2018)
• Java 9 | When To Use Modules (new – February 2018)
• How to Install Java 9 in Debian and Ubuntu Systems (new – February 2018)
• Java 9: Create Lists, Maps and Sets easier than ever using the new factory methods for immutable collections (new – February 2018)
• Java 9 New Features | Java Tutorial | What’s New in Java 9 | Java 9 Features With Examples | Edureka (video) (new – February 2018)
• Think you are moving to JDK 9 sometime next year? Think again. (new – February 2018)
• Elasticsearch: Java 9 and Beyond! (new – February 2018)
• Java 9 – Module System (new – February 2018)
• Java 9 – Overview (new – February 2018)
• Java 9 Tutorial (new – February 2018)
• How to Migrate to Java 9? It’s Easy if You Do It Smart (new – February 2018)
• What’s new in Apache’s NetBeans IDE for Java 9 (new – February 2018)
• Java 9 has six weeks to live (new – February 2018)
• 5 Things You Need to Know About Java 9 (new – February 2018)
• Code First Java 9 Tutorial (new – February 2018)
• Java 9 New Features (new – February 2018)
• Reactive Programming with Java 9 Flow (new – January 2018)
• Reactive Streams – Java 9 Flow API, RxJava, Akka and Reactor Examples (new – January 2018)
• Kotlin vs. Java: 9 Benefits of Kotlin for Your Business (new – January 2018)
• Java 9 HttpClient Does Not Allow Custom Authorization Headers (new – January 2018)
• Neanderthal and friends support CUDA 9, Java 9, and Clojure 1.9 (new – January 2018)
• Reactive Streams example – Java 9 (new – January 2018)
• Fear of upgrading to Java 9, is it justified? (new – January 2018)
• SE-Radio Episode 316: Nicolai Parlog on Java 9 (new – January 2018)
• How to Install Java on Ubuntu (new – January 2018)
• Java 9 Incompatibilities (new – January 2018)
• The Road to Java 9 (new – January 2018)
• Java 9 : Brave New World (new – January 2018)
• What Is a Custom Runtime Image in Java 9? (new – January 2018)
• JLINK in Java-9  (new – January 2018)
• What’s New in Java 9? (new – December 2017)
• Buildship 2.2 Release Supports Java 9, Runtime Classpath Separation and More  (new – December 2017)
• JAVA 9: UPDATES TO OPTIONAL (new – December 2017)
• Java 9: Tips on Migration and Upgradability (new – December 2017)
• Java 9 modules cheat sheet  (new – December 2017)
• Java 9 — Part 1: Using Java 9 in Eclipse Che  (new – December 2017)
• JAVA 9 AT A GLANCE  (new – December 2017)
• Java 9 language features (new – November 2017)
• Run and Debug Java 9 in Visual Studio Code (new – November 2017)
• Which IDE’s and Server’s support Java EE 8 and Java9  (new – November 2017)
• Java 9 modules with Vertx  (new – November 2017)
• Java 9 – Platform Logging API and Service (new – November 2017)
• JAVA 9: LEARNING THE NEW FEATURES – PART 4 (new – November 2017)
• How Java 9 will change your life  (new – November 2017)
• What do Java developers need to know about Java 9?  (new – November 2017)
• Java 9 – Making the Stream API even better (new – October 2017)
• Migrating to JDK 9 (new – October 2017)
• Java 9: The Good, The Bad, and Private Interface Methods (new – October 2017)
• State of Gradle Java 9 Support  (new – October 2017)
• Microservices and Java 9 – New Features  (new – October 2017)
• Java 9 is here: Everything you need to know (new – September 2017)
• New Java 9 features at a glance  (new – September 2017)
• Vaadin 8 and Java 9 (new – September 2017)
• Finally, An Official Shell in Java 9 – Introducing JShell  (new – September 2017)
• What to expect in Java 9’s JDK: More than modularity (new – September 2017)
• Java 9 Static Factory methods for creating Immutable Collections (new – September 2017)
• What’s new in Java 9 Stream API? (new – September 2017)
• Planning Your Java 9 Update (August 2017)
• Multiple inheritance with interfaces in Java 9 (Classic Diamond Problem)  (August 2017)
• Working with Java 9 in Eclipse (August 2017)
• New Regex Features in Java 9 (August 2017)
• The Ultimate Guide to Java 9 (video) (August 2017)
• What is private in Java 9? (August 2017)
• Java 9: Release date and new features (July 2017)
• Java 9: Streams Improvements (July 2017)
• Did Someone Say Java 9 ?? (July 2017)
• The road to Java 9: The current status (July 2017)
• Oracle has a plan to make Java 9 migration easier (July 2017)
• Inside Java 9 – Performance, Compiler, and More (July 2017)
• Deep Dive into Java 9’s Stack-Walking API (July 2017)
• Java 9 jlink explained in 5 minutes (July 2017)
• 9 new features in Java 9 (July 2017)
• Wrapping up Java 9 new Features  (July 2017)
• Java 9 modules – JPMS basics (April 2017)
• Support for Java 9 Modules in IntelliJ IDEA 2017.1 (March 2017)
• Java 9 gets a release date: July 27  (March 2017)
• IntelliJ IDEA 2017.1: Spring is here (March 2017)
• Java 9: The draft Public Review Specification is out (March 2017)
• Eclipse IDE, Oxygen Edition; and Java 9 (March 2017)
• Java 9 Process API: The Shape of Things to Come (March 2017)
• What You Can Expect From Java 9 (Coming in July) (March 2017)
• Oracle sets priorities for Java 9 bug fixes (March 2017)
• Java 9 new Features: Reactive Streams (March 2017)
• Migrating to Oracle JDK 9 (February 2017)
• Java 9’s other new enhancements, Part 2: Milling Project Coin (February 2017)
• JDK 9 Is Feature Complete (February 2017)
• Getting Started with Java 9 Modules (February 2017)
• The Deadly Diamond Of Death In Java 9’s Module System (February 2017)
• Developer supports released for Java 9 upgrade (February 2017)
• Java 9 : Convenience Factory Methods to create immutable Collections (February 2017)
• JAVA 9 MODULARITY AND PROJECT JIGSAW (February 2017)
• Exploring Java 9: The JShell (February 2017)
• Java 9 to intelligently adjust memory limit with container services (February 2017)
• Java 9 and Streams API (February 2017)
• JDK 9 Is Feature Complete! (January 2017)
• Java 9 Enters First Bug Fixing Round (January 2017)
• The legacy developer’s guide to Java 9 (January 2017)
• JAVA 9 IS READY TO LAUNCH WITH COOL FEATURES (January 2017)
• Using sun.misc.Unsafe in Java 9 (January 2017)
• Java 9 enhancements to Optional/Stream (January 2017)
• Java 9 Stream/Optional API Additions (Slide) (January 2017)
• Lombok and Streams in Java 9, Uncle Bob’s Dark Path, and Thoughts on Writing (January 2017)
• Java 9 Stream API Improvements (December 2016)
• Java 9 Process API (December 2016)
• Java 9 with Venkat Subramaniam (video) (December 2016)
• Anticipating Java 9 – Functionality and Tooling (video) (December 2016)
• How to Contribute to Java 9 (December 2016)
• Java 9 and code that sucks with Venkat Subramaniam (December 2016)
• The Essential Java 9 Feature You Probably Never Heard Of (December 2016)
• Java 9 – Jigsaw (December 2016)
• Project Jigsaw in JDK 9: Modularity Comes to Java (December 2016)
• Latest Java 9 Schedule Appears to Be at Risk from the Outset (December 2016)
• What’s Coming with Java 9 (November 2016)
• Inside Java 9 – Performance, Compiler, and More (November 2016)
• Inside Java 9 – Version Schema, Multi-Release JARs, and More (November 2016)
• Java 9 series: Multi-Release JAR Files (November 2016)
• Java 9 series: Encapsulate Most Internal APIs (November 2016)
• Java 9 series: Variable Handles (November 2016)
• Exploring Java 9 by Venkat Subramaniam (video) (November 2016)
• Collection Factory Methods in Java 9 (November 2016)
• Is HTTP/2 ready for Java 9? (November 2016)
• ECMA Script 6 / Nashorn / Java 9 and SQLcl (November 2016)
• Java 9. Project Jigsaw. Modularity (November 2016)
• Java JDK 9 Firmed Up For A Late July Release (October 2016)
• A first glimpse at Java 9: Early access release of JDK9 on OpenJDK (October 2016)
• 5 Features in Java 9 That Will Change How You Develop Software (and 2 That Won’t) (October 2016)
• Java 9: The Ultimate Feature List (October 2016)
• Java 9, OSGi and the Future of Modularity (Part 2) (October 2016)
• Ahead-of-Time (AOT) Compilation May Come to OpenJDK HotSpot in Java 9 (October 2016)
• The Curse of Project Jigsaw: Why is Java 9 Delayed Over and Over Again? (new – October 2016)
• New OpenJDK pre-release builds of Java 9 are available for download (new – October 2016)
• Proposed Schedule Change for Java 9 (new – October 2016)
• Java 9 Modularity in Action by Sander Mak & Paul Bakker (video) (new – October 2016)
• Java 9 – Evolutionary or Revolutionary Development? (new – October 2016)
• Java 9 by Example, My New Book (new – October 2016)
• Java 9 Features with Examples (new – October 2016)
• Java SE 9: Stream API Improvements (new – October 2016)
• Features in Java 9 (new – October 2016)
• JDK 9 release delayed another four months (new – September 2016)
• Java 9 release is delayed again (new – September 2016)
• Java 9 to be postponed again (new – September 2016)
• The Ultimate Guide to Java 9 (new – September 2016)
• Java 9 could be delayed until July 2017 (new – September 2016)
• Java 9, OSGi and the Future of Modularity (Part 1) (new – September 2016)
• Process API – Java 9 (new – September 2016)
• Get Ready for Java 9 (new – September 2016)
• Java 9 Faces Delay Until July 2017 (new – September 2016)
• Java 9 delayed to July 2017: “Jigsaw needs more time” (new – September 2016)
• The Ultimate Guide To Java 9 (new – September 2016)
• Private methods in interfaces in Java 9 (new – September 2016)
• JavaOne: Java SE 9 Delay Is About More than Jigsaw (new – September 2016)
• Java 9 module-info Files in the Eclipse IDE (new – September 2016)
• Java 9 proposal could speed some apps, but slow others (new – September 2016)
• Anticipating Java 9 – Functionality And Tooling (new – September 2016)
• Java 9 release set to be further delayed for 4 months to July 2017 courtesy Jigsaw (new – September 2016)
• Java 8 und 9: Schulung zu Streams, Lambdas, Stream-API, JavaFX8 und Map-Reduce (new – September 2016)
• Java 9 Additions To Stream (new – June 2016)
• Gluon Announces Full Java 9 Mobile Initiative (new – June 2016)
• FindBugs on Java 9 (new – June 2016)
• Java 9 Preview (new – June 2016)
• Java 9 support in Eclipse (video) (new – June 2016)
• DevNation Live Blog: Java 9 modularity in action (new – June 2016)
• Gradle 3.0 M2 brings Java 9 support (new – June 2016)
• Java 9 on the Brink of a Delivery Date and Scope Review (new – June 2016)
• Java 9 Will Remove CORBA from Default Classpath (new – June 2016)
• How to Install JAVA 9 (JDK9) on Debian Via PPA (Feb 2016)
• Beyond Java 9 (video) (Jan 2016)
• Java 9: Make Way for Modules! (video) (Jan 2016)
• Running Eclipse Neon on a Custom Java 9 Image (Dec 2015)
• First steps with Java 9 and Project Jigsaw ( Nov 2015)
• Java 9 Code Tools: A Hands-on Session with the Java Microbenchmarking Harness (new Nov 2015)
• A first glimpse at Java 9: Early access release of JDK9 on OpenJDK (new August 2015)
• Eclipse Mars New and Noteworthy: Java 9 Beta (June 2015)
• 5 Features in Java 9 that WILL Change How You Develop Software (and 2 That Won’t) (June 2015)
• Java 9 – Top 5 features and release Information (May 2015)
• Java 9 On Track for 2016 (May 2015)
• Looking ahead: Life after Java 9 (May 2015)
• Mark your calendars: Java 9 lands next year (May 2015)
• Java 9 release date announced (May 2015)
• Save the Date: Java 9 is Coming September 22nd 2016 (May 2015)
• Java 9 and Beyond (video) (April 2015)
• Java 9 Deep Dive at EclipseCon 2015 (March 2015)
• Go for the Money! JSR 354 Adds First Class Money and Currency Support to Java (March 2015)
• Oracle lays out Lego-like future of Java (March 2015)
• Checking in with OpenJDK 9 (March 2015)
• Private interface methods in Java 9 (March 2015)
• Mark Reinhold on Java 9 and Beyond (March 2015)
• And the latest JDK 9 JEPs to be targeted are… (Feb 2015)
• A New Try-with-resources Improvement in JDK 9 (Jan 2015)
• Java 9 and Beyond. Oracle’s Brian Goetz and John Rose Glimpse into the Future (Jan 2015)
• Will value types and structured arrays be Java 9’s cap feather? (Jan 2015)
• New Features in Java 9 (Jan 2015)
• JSON API to be dropped from Java 9 (Dec 2014)
• More new features coming to Java 9 (Nov 2014)
• Oracle announces more new Java 9 features! (Nov 2014)
• New Java Version – it’s not JDK 1.9 (Nov 2014)
• More Java 9 Features Announced (Nov 2014)
• Oracle Fills in More Pieces of the Java 9 Puzzle (Nov 2014)
• One more library for JDK 9? (Nov 2014)
• Java Extension Mechanism Loads All JARs (Oct 2014)
• 350 Developers Voted for Features in Java 9: Do They Agree With Oracle? (Oct 2014)
• Early Access release of JDK 9 available (Oct 2014)
• Java 9 Behind the Scenes: Where Do New Features Come From? (Oct 2014)
• Oracle is Designing Java 9 With Internet of Things in Mind (Oct 2014)
  
• Should Project Panama make it into Java 9? (Oct 2014)
• OpenJDK project opens up Java 9 to collaboration, experimentation (Sept 2014)
• Core Support for JSON in Java 9 (Sept 2014)
• What every Java developer needs to know about Java 9 (Sept 2014)
• Java 9 – The Ultimate Feature List (Sept 2014)
• Is Oracle doing enough for Java 9? (Sept 2014)
• Java 9: A Global Community Is Behind Programming’s Next Big Advance (Sept 2014)
• Oracle’s ‘Valhalla’ Experimental OpenJDK Project Focuses on Generic Types (August 2014)
• What the Java community is saying about the Java 9 features (August 2014)
• Oracle Valhalla (August 2014)
• Java JDK 9 Proposals (August 2014)
• Why developers should get excited about Java 9 (August 2014)
• Oracle Announces First Java 9 Features (August 2014)
• A first glimpse at Java 9: early access release of JDK9 on OpenJDK (August 2014)
• Forget about JavaOne. Let’s talk about the feature list for Java 9 (Sept 2013)

– 2013 –

• HSA Foundation Targeting Heterogeneous GPU-CPU Execution for Java Virtual Machines by 2015 (Sept 2013)
• Java 9 to Drop Support for Compiling 1.5 and Older Source Code (June 2013)
• JSR 354 – Money and Currency API (slides) (May 2013)