Functional Programming

2014

Java Standard Edition 8 (1.8)
- Lambdas (aka closures or anonymous functions)
- static and default concrete methods in interfaces
- Stream framework
- Nashorn JavaScript engine
- Type and repeating annotations
- Enhanced date/time API
Android Studio 1.0 (based on IntelliJ IDEA) released; Google ends support for ADT in Eclipse.

Kotlin 1.0 released.
Support for writing build scripts in Kotlin added to Gradle, as an alternative to Groovy.
NetBeans IDE donated to the Apache Software Foundation.

Java Enterprise Edition 8
- Servlet enhancements
- Bean validation enhancements
- Dependency injection enhancements
Java Standard Edition 9
- private and private static concrete methods in interfaces
- Module system
- Java shell (jshell) REPL
- Ahead-of-time compilation
- New concurrency classes
- Automatic scaling/sizing of GUI elements on high-DPI displays
- JavaDB removed
- Applets deprecated
Oracle announces transfer of Java Enterprise Edition to the Eclipse Foundation.
Google announces support for Kotlin as a development language for Android.

Java Standard Edition 10 (18.3)
- Local variable type inference
- Experimental Graal JIT compiler
- Garbage collection enhancements
- Low-level thread management improvements
Java Standard Edition 11
- New HTTP client API
- Direct launch of single-file programs
- New algorithms and other cryptographic API enhancements
- Java EE & CORBA packages removed
- JavaFX removed
- Applets removed
- Java Web Start removed
JavaFX added to OpenJDK project as OpenJFX subproject.

Java Standard Edition 12
- Garbage collection improvements & experimental features
- switch expressions (preview)
Google announces that new Android library features will be introduced first in Kotlin, though Java and C++ are still supported.
Jakarta Enterprise Edition 8
- First release of rebranded JEE by the Eclipse Foundation.
Java Standard Edition 13
- Garbage collection improvements
- switch expressions (preview)
- Text blocks (preview)