TL;DR Spring Boot 3 brings Java 17, Jakarta EE 9, and native Java with GraalVM, Spring Modulith structures Spring Boot 3 applications with modules & events, and a new UI in IntelliJ 2022.3. README Welcome to my newsletter “How To Build Java Applications Today”! If you like it, then subscribe to it…

TL;DR Java got security patches, 6 security vulnerabilities, we are 10 million Java developers, Spring bets on Gradle, and view Devoxx Belgium talks. README Welcome to my newsletter “How To Build Java Applications Today”! If you like it, then subscribe to it for free on Substack! Or read it on dev.to or…

TL;DR Java 19, Java lost 20% of job ads, Quarkus & Micronaut now #3 & #4 in job ads, Spring Boot 3 ships in November & delays Java Module support, Jakarta EE adds features for the first time in 5 years. README Welcome to my newsletter “How To Build Java Applications Today”…

TL;DR See me talk at JAX London, I interviewed James Ward for InfoQ, Java patch updates, major releases for Quarkus, Micronaut, NetBeans, and VS Code, and developers decide the software architecture with the “Advice Process”. README Welcome to my newsletter “How To Build Java Applications Today”! If you like it, then subscribe…

TL;DR Developer job ads dipped 30% in 2023. Monthly Stack Overflow questions dropped 42% since ChatGPT, with JavaScript at -56% and Python at -59%. Since June 22, Udemy’s first-time Python course purchases have outpaced Java’s 7.1 million to 2 million. Job ads for Quarkus and Micronaut continue to rebound. README Welcome to…

TL;DR Developer ads down by ~25% in 2023. Spring Boot back to 500% of Jakarta EE job ads, while Quarkus & Micronaut rose again. Monthly number of Stack Overflow questions down 42% since ChatGPT appeared. README Welcome to the Q3/2023 issue of my newsletter “Java Tech Popularity Index”! If you like it…

TL;DR All back-end frameworks lost job ad share to Jakarta EE. VS Code was #2 in IDE job ads. React still only had a slim job ads lead over Angular. Python beat Java by 3x for Udemy course buyers. README Welcome to the Q2/2023 issue of my newsletter “How To Build Java…

What’s This? There’s no issue this month as I decided to switch my newsletter from monthly to quarterly and remove the stand-up, news, and release sections. Why? Because since January, I’ve been juggling a full-time contract gig with my start-up. So I can’t spend as much time on this newsletter anymore. Now…

TL;DR Java had patch releases, we can now write command-line interfaces with Java, and this book will save IntelliJ users tons of time. README Welcome to the February 2023 issue of my newsletter “How To Build Java Applications Today”! If you like it, then subscribe to it for free on Substack! Or…