Javalution - How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Play Jenga with the Entire Software Industry - What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Explore the evolution of Java and its impact on the software industry in this 53-minute conference talk from GOTO Chicago 2017. Join Georges Saab, Vice President of Software Development for the Java Platform Group at Oracle, and Aurelio García-Ribeyro, Director of Product Management at Oracle, as they discuss the delicate balance between stability and innovation in Java's 20-year history. Discover how Java has maintained its popularity through reliability while adapting to an ever-changing technological landscape. Learn about the challenges and strategies involved in evolving a widely-used programming language, and gain insights into the development of Java 9 and the OpenJDK project. Understand the implications of making significant changes to a foundational technology that numerous industries rely upon, and how the Java team approaches these decisions.