Script Java Easily in 21 and Beyond – Inside Java Newscast #49

To give Java and programming beginners a better learning path, JEP 445 proposes to allow stand-alone main methods that are non-public, non-static, and don’t have an args array, so the shortest possible Java program is just `void main()`. We’re also looking at the JEP draft for _Launch Multi-File Source-Code Programs_ what builds out the late section of the on-ramp by allowing the Java launcher to in-memory compile and launch multiple source files, even with dependencies.

JEP 445 ➱ https://openjdk.org/jeps/445
JEP draft ➱ https://openjdk.org/jeps/8304400
Design document ➱ https://openjdk.org/projects/amber/design-notes/on-ramp

~~~ Chapters ~~~
0:00 Intro
1:36 A Relaxed Launch Protocol
2:54 The Unnamed Class
4:42 The On-Ramp
6:44 Outro

Tags: #Java #OpenJDK #JavaScript (because “scripting Java” 😋) #InsideJava