--- title: Java Next | daily.dev description: An overview of Java's six major OpenJDK projects shaping the language's future: Project Loom (structured concurrency), Project Amber (language expressiveness),... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/java-next-ejgyagynr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Java Next | daily.dev og:description: An overview of Java's six major OpenJDK projects shaping the language's future: Project Loom (structured concurrency), Project Amber (language expressiveness),... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/java-next-ejgyagynr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ejGyAGynR.png og:image:alt: Java Next og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Java Next **[nipafx \(Nicolai Parlog\)](https://daily.dev/sources/nipafx)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An overview of Java's six major OpenJDK projects shaping the language's future: Project Loom (structured concurrency), Project Amber (language expressiveness), Project Panama (native code interop), Project Babylon (foreign programming models), Project Valhalla (type system and performance), and Project Leyden (startup time and footprint). The talk is available as slides and video, covering what developers can expect from Java in the coming years. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Inside Java Newscast \#103 – Inside.java](https://daily.dev/posts/inside-java-newscast-103-inside-java-xlyzls0fu) · Inside Java · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/java-next-ejgyagynr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Java Next","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/java-next-ejgyagynr","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/java-next-ejgyagynr"},"datePublished":"2026-03-16T08:13:43.091Z","dateModified":"2026-03-16T08:21:41.334Z","description":"An overview of Java's six major OpenJDK projects shaping the language's future: Project Loom (structured concurrency), Project Amber (language expressiveness),...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c6a18773873420b0bf6068fcec8f0a82?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c6a18773873420b0bf6068fcec8f0a82?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"nipafx (Nicolai Parlog)","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"nipafx (Nicolai Parlog)","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--H_Echo_u--/f_auto,q_auto/v1773648772/logos/nipafx?_a=BAMAMiiu0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/nipafx"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/java-next-ejgyagynr","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"java","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"nipafx (Nicolai Parlog)","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/nipafx"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Java Next"}]} ```