A new report reveals Java developers are finally moving on to newer versions of the programming language past Java 8.

Both Java 8 (released in March 2014) and Java 11 (released in September 2018) are Long-Term Support (LTS) releases, which receive several years of product support from Oracle.

Overwhelming majority of Java professionals surveyed run a Long Term Support release, with Java 11 and Java 17 ahead of Java 8.

New features in Java Java 17 adoption is increasing as organizations move away from Java 8 and Java 11 to migrate onto the latest LTS release. Plenty has changed since Java 8 and Java 11 were first ...

Java 11 is getting long in the tooth, so many developers are moving to the next oldest version that's still supported, Java 17. Here's what's different.