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Date Published
Author
Ben Evans
Word count
1737
Language
English
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None

Summary

In 2019, Java 11 started seeing significant adoption, with around 5% of production deployments using it by New Relic, surpassing the initial prediction of 10%. The development of GraalVM and its use in production was slower than expected, but it remains an area of interest for teams. OpenJDK became the preferred runtime for Java 11, and its adoption surpassed expectations. However, the release of Java 12 and 13 did not see significant production deployments by the end of 2019. The value types feature, now renamed inline classes, was not included in Java 13 as a preview or shipped version in Java 14. Kotlin continued to gain traction, but its adoption rate remained steady, without a surge in Java developers adopting it alongside their existing projects. Overall, most predictions were accurate, with some minor adjustments needed.