Java just got a big update

2 min readDec 21, 2021

Welcome back! Java is a very popular programming language with a ton of capability, if you’re new to this language, check out the link below to learn more about it:

Java Programming Language

The Java™ Programming Language is a general-purpose, concurrent, strongly typed, class-based object-oriented language…

docs.oracle.com

Guess what? Java just got a big update, Java 18! So, let’s talk about some of my favorite updates to this programming language! If you want to check out their release log, here is a link to it:

JDK 18

This release will be the Reference Implementation of version 18 of the Java SE Platform, as specified by JSR 393 in the…

openjdk.java.net

Let’s get started!

UTF-8 Default

One of the biggest changes with this new version of JDK is with UTF-8, from now on, the default will now be UTF-8. You can learn more about this change with the link below: