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 ...