Java 18 incubates a vector API, previews pattern matching for switch expressions, adopts UTF-8 as the default character set, includes a simple web server, and more.

Oracle has announced the availability of Java 18, the latest version of what is claimed to be the world's number one programming language and developm.

Java 18's Simple Web Server lets you use a command-line tool or API to host files and more. Here's how it works.