How to Build Java Applications Today #60
Tags: java, bpf
Published: 2022-02-02 13:59:20

## TL;DR

News: InfoQ Java Trends, Oracle's Java plans, Java in VS Code roadmap, White House security photo op, and native Java with Spring Boot 3.0 preview in March. Release Radar & Technology Index updated.

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## README

Welcome to my newsletter “How To Build Java Applications Today”! If you like it, then [subscribe to it on Substack](https://bpfnl.substack.com)! Or read it on [dev.to](https://dev.to/ksilz/series/11995) or [Medium](https://ksilz.medium.com). Even better: Share it with people who may be interested.

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## Next Issue: Wednesday, March 1, 2022

My newsletter is published on the first Wednesday of every month.

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## Stand-Up
This is my personal look at last month: I contributed to the InfoQ Java Trends Report, worked on QCon London and QCon Plus, and gave my first conference talk of the year.

**[Read Stand-Up](https://betterprojectsfaster.com/guide/java-full-stack-report-2022-02/stand-up)**

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## New & Noteworthy

This is the most important news for Java developers from last month: InfoQ Java Trends Report December 2021, Oracle's Java Plans for 2022, Java in Visual Studio Code Roadmap 2022, White House Photo Op for Open-Source Security, and Preview of Native Java with Spring Boot 3.0 In March.

**[Read New & Noteworthy](https://betterprojectsfaster.com/guide/java-full-stack-report-2022-02/new-noteworthy)**

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## Technology Index 

What do we need to build a Java application today? A JVM language, a database, a back-end framework, a web framework, and - if we want to get fancy - a mobile app framework. So my index recommends technologies in these five areas, based on popularity, industry analysis, and my 23 years of Java experience.

**Why** am I measuring popularity?

Picking a popular technology makes our developer life easier: Easier to learn, easier to build, debug & deploy, easier to hire, and easier to convince teammates & bosses. Popularity can make a difference in two situations: When multiple technologies score the same, you could go for the most popular one. And when a technology is very unpopular, we may not use it.

**How** am I measuring popularity?

I measure popularity by systematically observing what **millions** of developers do: Google searches to measure interest, Udemy course buyers to measure learning, Stack Overflow questions to measure learning & application of technologies, and mentions in Indeed job ads to measure the demand for technologies.

**[Read the Technology Index](https://betterprojectsfaster.com/guide/java-full-stack-report-2022-02/the-index)**

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## Release Radar

This new section has the current releases of essential tools & technologies for Java developers. Last month saw new releases for OpenJDK, Spring Boot, Quarkus, Micronaut, and IntelliJ.

**[Read the Release Radar](https://betterprojectsfaster.com/guide/java-full-stack-report-2022-02/release-radar)**

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## About

Karsten Silz is the author of this newsletter. He is a full-stack web & mobile developer with 23 years of Java experience, author, speaker, and marathon runner. Karsten got a Master's degree in Computer Science at the Dresden University of Technology (Germany) in 1996.

Karsten has worked in Europe and the US. He co-founded a software start-up in the US in 2004. Karsten led product development for 13 years and left after the company was sold successfully. He co-founded the UK SaaS start-up "[Your Home in Good Hands](https://yourhomeingoodhands.co.uk/)" as CTO in 2020. Since 2019, Karsten also works as a contractor in the UK.

Karsten has [this newsletter](https://bpfnl.substack.com/), a [developer website](https://betterprojectsfaster.com/), and a [contractor site](https://ksilz.com/). He's on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ksilz/), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/karsilz), and [GitHub](https://github.com/ksilz). Karsten is also an [author at InfoQ](https://www.infoq.com/profile/Karsten-Silz).