Java next from Amber to Loom, from Panama to Valhalla

Java's four big projects are entering the home stretch: Amber and Panama have already incubated, previewed, and even finalized some features, and Loom and Valhalla are on track to follow soon. Time to take a closer look at how...
* Project Amber makes the language more expressive and ready for today's and tomorrow's problems
* Project Panama cuts through the isthmus separating Java from native code
* Project Loom enables hassle-free and efficient structured concurrency
* Project Valhalla mends the rift in Java's type system and improves performance
After this talk, you will know what to expect from Java in the next few years.
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Speaker
Nicolai (aka nipafx) is a Java enthusiast focused on language features and core APIs with a passion for learning and sharing - in articles, newsletters, and books; in tweets, videos, and streams; in demo repos and at conferences - more on all of that on nipafx.dev. He's a Java Developer Advocate at Oracle and organizer of Accento. That aside, he's best known for his haircut.