JavaOne 2025 heralds Java’s 30th birthday

With Java advancing toward its 30th anniversary, Oracle will hold its annual JavaOne conference next week, centering around the Java language, the evolution of the Java platform, and the role of Java in areas such as generative AI and machine learning.

The March 18-20 event will be at the Oracle campus in Redwood City, Calif., just about two months ahead of Java’s 30th anniversary on May 23. The conference will have a three-pronged theme: the platform evolution toward a better, faster, and smaller Java; a look back on 30 years of Java; and a look ahead toward the future of Java and its use cases. Perhaps one of the highlights of the event, officially called JavaOne 2025, will be a keynote presentation by the former CEO of Java founder Sun Microsystems, Scott McNealy.

JavaOne 2025 also will host the introduction of Java Development Kit 24, the latest release of the JDK with 24 new features including garbage collection improvements, improved virtual threads, and quantum-resistant algorithms. Topics such as using Java for AI model training and deployment, and using AI assistants for Java development, also will feature in the program.

Several dozen sessions are planned for JavaOne 2025 including:

AI and Java: From Exploration to Deployment. This session will feature a walkthrough of AI platforms that simplify the life cycle for Java developers.

Interested in Where the Java Language is Going? The focus of this talk will be recent Java enhancements and future directions.

Introduction of AI/ML for Java Developers. This session will cover AI/ML fundamentals along with related topics such as vector databases and RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) strategies.

A New Model for Java Object Initialization. This presentation will discuss the co-evolution of the Java language, JVM, and coding practices to improve how fields, arrays, and objects are initialized.

JavaFX and Beyond. This session will cover the JavaFX graphical UI toolkit and features such as RichTextArea, CSS transitions, and platform preferences.

Java for Small Coding Tasks. This presentation will discuss how Java can be used for scripts, Jupyter notebooks, and code that runs in the browser.