And as is generally the case with these Java updates, most of them have the same changes and fixes as each other (though not always). (Note that prior to Java 9, releases of Java were known technically as 1.x, so 8 is referred to in resources below as 1.8.) As a result, those packages have moved, and this will require changes to package imports.Here's a heads-up that some will want to hear about: there are new JVM updates released today (Jul 19, 2022) for the current long-term support (LTS) releases of Oracle Java, 8, 11, and 17, as well as the new interim update 18.

Oracle has chosen the Eclipse Foundation as the new home for the Java Platform Enterprise Edition.

Due to lack of browser support for Java plugins, the Applet API has been deprecated.

The “var” keyword only affects local variables, and the Type Inference keeps you repeating the same text over and over again

A developer-friendly keyword “var” was added to help to reduce boilerplate coding.

This is very interesting for serverless-compute and one-offs in Kubernetes

A REPL (read-eval-print-loop) tool, JShell, was added to support interactive programming, similar to what is available in Python.Modularization also enables code to be refactored for easier maintenance, through a self-describing collection of code, data, and resources.

The introduction of modularity to better support scaling down to small computing devices.

However, the biggest differences between Java 8 and Java 11 are: There are always a lot of little things that go into a release of Java, or any product for that matter.

Upgrade java 8 to 11