This month’s webinar featured Josh Long, a renowned Java advocate, discussing Spring Boot 4.x and Java 25. He presented new capabilities like modular auto-configuration, built-in resilience, and modern authentication methods, emphasizing their impact on building scalable applications. The session provided valuable insights and practical demonstrations for developers preparing for future projects.
Virtual Threads in Java: A New Dimension of Scalability and Performance
In July, Marwan Abu-Khalil from Siemens AG led a webinar on virtual threads in Java, emphasizing their significant benefits for concurrent programming. The session discussed core concepts, differences from traditional threads, practical applications, migration challenges, and supporting constructs. Key takeaways highlighted virtual threads' suitability for IO-bound tasks and their impact on performance and scalability.
