JDK 17 – New Features in Java 17

 

Java 17 LTS is the latest long-term support release for the Java SE platform. JDK 17 binaries are free to use in production and free to redistribute, at no cost, under the Oracle No-Fee Terms and Conditions License, where LTS stands for long-term support. 

Have you ever wondered What do we mean by this?  

Without a monotonous mindset and frequent releases by the time one gets familiar and understands operation a newer. Basically, an Open LTS version of JDK17 is out now which consists of development tools, a set of libraries, a java virtual machine, and other files. With every release, we do see new functionalities while keeping a check some of them getting altered or wiped off. Let us discuss the evolution of open LTS releases else directly switch to the installation part or update to it.

Evolution of Open LTS Java Releases

Remember the old days where we get to wait for new java releases such as Java 6 in 2006 to 2012, adhering to Java 7 in 2013 then Java 8 in 2014 where the most popular concepts lambda streams and streams were introduced. It was fine till now as with the new releases it can be interpreted that java is becoming a hot piece for the IT industry. Adhering forward now we see new java releases in very short intervals such as by 2017 we were having Java 9, by 2018 we have Java 10 and in the same year we do see Java 11. But this time java has deeper roots in the industry as most of the companies were opting for Java as their primary language for developing so do demanding skillset from employees. 

As we all know that this programming language is owned, designed, and updated by Oracle systems, so do this company expands enormously and after the year 2018, we can plot the pattern that every year it is for sure short new releases are supposed to come so do we see Java 12, Java 13 in the single year 2019. By 2020 it becomes general agenda that we were seeing new Java LTS releases cycle is after every 6 months so do Java 14 and Java 15 came in 2020. Now in the present year, we have seen Java1 6 as the latest LTS but as usual with the rapid expansion, we were supposed to see a new LTS Java17 which was launched on September 15, 2021 back now recently.