(with Piotr Przybył)
Staying up to date with Modern Java can feel overwhelming. If you don’t have any experience with Java since Java 8 (or at all), features like structured concurrency or pattern matching might sound exciting, but also scary: “How do I even get started with that?”
Fear not! In this session Marit and Piotr will explain to you the new exciting things and also show you how to use them in your IDE, so that the next day you can start having fun and profit with modern Java in your favorite tools on your own.
Links
- Java 25 LTS and IntelliJ IDEA
- modern-playful-Java25 (the code)
- Using Java 25 in IntelliJ IDEA
- IntelliJ IDEA blog
- Inside Java
- JDK 25 / JDK 24
- IntelliJ IDEA documentation – Project Configuration | SDKs
- Vibe coding an IntelliJ IDEA progress bar plugin for fun
- Java 24 and IntelliJ IDEA
- Java 24: ‘HelloWorld’ and ‘main()’ meet minimalistic
- Stream Gatherers – Deep Dive with the Expert
- Gatherers: The API Your Stream Was Missing
- Hunting with Stream Gatherers by Piotr Przybyl
- Extending Functional Pipelines with Gatherers
- Structured Concurrency Revamp in Java 25 – Inside Java Newscast #91
- Java 25 is ALSO no LTS Version – Inside Java Newscast #94
- About Java’s Structured Concurrency, Elasticsearch Java client, DevEx and Developer Advocate’s job
- Java 23 and IntelliJ IDEA
- Markdown in Java Docs? Shut Up and Take My Comments!
- The best Java 22 feature: concurrent gathering
- Finding Your Tribe – JUGs Unveiled
- Devoxx UK 2025 Speaker Interview – Marit van Dijk
- Devoxx UK 2025 Speaker Interview – Piotr Przybył
Presentations
| Date | Event | Location | Media |
| February 6, 2026 | Voxxed Days Ticino | Lugano, Switzerland | |
| November 8, 2025 | Voxxed Days Thessaloniki | Thessaloniki, Greece | video slides session page speaker page |
| October 3, 2025 | The Geek Gathering | Osijek, Croatia | slides speakers page |
| September 19, 2025 | Confitura | Warsaw, Poland | slides speaker page session |
| September 17, 2025 | ING Backend Summit | Amsterdam, the Netherlands | video slides |
| June 11-13, 2025 | Devoxx PL | Kraków, Poland | video slides code session page speaker page |
| May 8, 2025 | Devoxx UK | London, UK | video slides code session page speaker page |