New Version of JMC in Java 9

JMC6 is the new version of Java Mission Control in Java 9. JMC delivers Java monitoring and management. It supports automated analysis of so-called "flight recordings".

Expanding the OpenJDK Community via Projects

OpenJDK expands via Projects. Learn more here on the roles of Author, Contributor and Committer.

Java 9 Platform Module System (JPMS)

The JPMS is a major new addition to the Java platform and a product of Project Jigsaw, part of OpenJDK.

Mark Reinhold's State of the Module System is useful insight into the thinking behind JPMS and rethinking of the brittle classpath mechanism.

The Kotlin Language

The Kotlin language is a statically typed language for the Android platform. It an also be used to build browser based systems. A Kotlin conference is scheduled in San Francisco in November 2017.