What's new in the Java 17 long-term support release? Here are five new Java 17 features that developers who were stuck on Java 11 will love.

Pattern matching with switch The Java team has also enhanced the language at some of the lowest syntactic levels, giving developers more options for writing cleaner, more expressive logic.

Java 18 added nine new language enhancements, and Java 19 added seven. In Java 18, a new Simple Web Server was added that developers can use for prototyping and testing purposes.

Oracle (ORCL) releases Java 22, the latest version of the programming language and development platform.

Proponents say Java is the 'here to stay' language, prized for its enterprise-grade stability and ongoing innovation through the OpenJDK community.

Java has stood the test of time in its over 25 years as the world's best programming language. Here's why developers still choose to code in it.

It was never the sexiest language, but for decades Java has been a mainstay of modern technology, and it's going to be with us for years to come.

For the first time since 2012, Java is not in one of the two top spots in RedMonk's programming language popularity list.