In the past two years, we changed Java in three ways that we never have before: We modularized the platform, we removed some components, and we accelerated the pace of new releases. These changes aim to keep Java vibrant in an ever-changing world of competing platforms and new styles of application deployment, whether to the cloud or to app stores. We’ll see why these changes are not as disruptive as you may think, and demonstrate some of the recent and future additions to the language and the platform.