All, I'm looking for some very high-level resources as to how Java has changed since 2006, the last time I worked with the language.
I'm specifically curious as to new language features and how the language may have evolved similarly or differently to C# as I'm a .NET developer.
I realize the question is vague and open-ended, but hopefully someone can point me in a right direction or give me a pie in the sky summary. Just looking for awareness, not implementation details.
Oldest comments (4)
This is a great post
20 Reasons to Move On from Java 8
Andrew (he/him) ・ Nov 23 '19 ・ 31 min read
Also you may want to have a look at Kotlin, which is a JVM language that keeps the best of Java but also takes inspiration from other languages, C# very much included, since it comes from JetBrains
kotlinlang.org/
no better place to start than archive.org => java.com it goes back as far as 2003
So many changes since then, basically since Java 6 was 2006. Most resources are probably going to start with Java 8, since those were the most substantial changes. This (javarevisited.blogspot.com/2014/04...) has a good summary of Java 7 changes.
For 8 and later, "Modern Java in Action" (manning.com/books/modern-java-in-a...) is a pretty good coverage of 8, 9, and 10. Fewer changes since 11, mostly with APIs and preview features that aren't yet available.
At a high level, the main features added since 8 were lambda expressions and streams, Optional, lots of Collection and String API improvements, and an overhauled Date/Time library. Garbage Collection has also gotten a lot of attention and has improved on every release.
Thank you for your detailed and helpful response!