Recent Posts by Joni Gordon

Tuesday evening, David DeHaven (Principal Member of Technical Staff, Oracle) and Chris Bensen (Principal Member of Technical Staff, Oracle) host the BOF session Java Deployment on an Evolving Web. This session presents a discussion of how changes on the web and within the Java runtime itself are affecting deployment of Java applications on the web. For more information about deploying your applications, see the following: Deployment Trail in the Java Tutorials Getting Started i...

On Tuesday, September 20, Chris Bensen (Principal Member of Technical Staff, Oracle) presents Packaging Java Applications. This session focuses on the JDK 9 Java Packager and shows how to bundle your application JAR files into operating system-specific installable applications that include the required Java Runtime Environment (JRE). The BOF session Tips, Tricks, and Hidden Knowledge of Java Packager [BOF11747]is also happening on Tuesday. Learn some tips and tricks...

Java SE 8 (JDK 8) introduced a fundamentally new way of programming in Java with the introduction of Lambda expressions. Have you ever wondered what Lambda expressions are in Java? Have you ever wanted to write parallel code in Java without worrying about threads and locking? Have you ever wanted to process collections of data without using loops? Have you ever wanted to do functional programming in Java? Answers to these questions can be found in Oracle’s Java Lambda MOOC. If...

Advanced Management Console is a commercial product available as part of Oracle Java SE Advanced and Oracle Java SE Suite. Advanced Management Console helps you manage the use of Java versions and Java applications in your enterprise. The 2.2 version adds the following features: Depersonalized managed endpoints Automatic deployment rules enhanced to cover various applications, and to make created rules more targeted Customer data that is added to the Java Usage Tracker...

On Thursday, October 29, Chris Bensen (Principal Member of Technical Staff, Oracle) presents Packaging Java Applications. This session shows how to bundle your application JAR files into operating system-specific installable applications that include the required Java Runtime Environment (JRE). For more information about packaging your applications, see the following: Deploying Self-Contained Applications Lesson in the Java Tutorials Self-Contained Application Packaging in...

On Wednesday, October 28, Roger Riggs (Principal Member of Technical Staff, Oracle) presents The Java Date and Time API in Java SE 8: Overview and Tips. This session describes how to use the Date and Time API to improve productivity and how to convert from the existing calendar API. For more information about the Date and Time API, see the Date Time Trail in the Java Tutorials.

Advanced Management Console is a commercial product available as part of Oracle Java SE Advanced and Oracle Java SE Suite. Advanced Management Console helps you manage the use of Java versions and Java applications in your enterprise. The 2.1 version adds the following features: Support for Oracle Database Support for customization of JDK 7 enterprise MSI files Ability to export desktop data and Java usage data as HTML or CSV files. Support for Deployment Rule Set 1.2 features,...

On Tuesday, October 27, Kevin Rushforth (Consulting Member of Technical Staff, Oracle) and Chien Yang (Principal Member of Technical Staff, Oracle) present JavaFX Layout: Everything You Wanted to Know. This session shows how layout works in JavaFX, focusing on standard layouts such as HBox, VBox, StackPane, and GridPane, and describes how to create custom layouts. For more information about JavaFX layouts, see Working with Layouts in JavaFX.

JDK 8u65, 8u66, and 7u91 are now available. You can download the latest JDK releases from Java SE Downloads page. For information on new features and bug fixes included in these releases, see the following release notes: JDK 8u65 Release Notes JDK 8u66 Release Notes JDK 7u91 Release Notes This release also includes JDK 8u65 for ARM. See JDK for ARM Release Notes 8 Update 65 for information about this product.