What version should new Java libraries be written in?

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  • jabel

    Jabel - unlock Javac 9+ syntax when targeting Java 8

  • I've never heard of somebody sticking to 9 or 10 as their primary JDK. AFAIK most people who could update waited for the 11 LTS. The rest of us are just stuck on 8. But we have some nice tricks.

  • Persism

    A zero ceremony ORM for Java

  • you can see it here: https://github.com/sproket/Persism

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • jfx

    JavaFX mainline development

  • Some more: JavaFX, JGroups

  • JGroups

    The JGroups project

  • Some more: JavaFX, JGroups

  • Spring

    Spring Framework

  • For me, my guidance is based on what the Spring teams are doing. Currently, their baseline is Java 8. I suspect they will switch to Java 11 (or 17) in Spring Framework 6 given that there are plans to support the Jakarta namespace: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/25354

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