Beyond Cloud development, Java is already the #1 platform for Deep-Space development! One of the coolest JavaOne demo from NASA scientist’s Sean Phillips demonstrating a JavaFX 3D app for visualizing deep-space probe interplanetary trajectory exploration and planet gravitational force gradients. “Millions of data points and planet trajectories. Java and JavaFX is awesome”. “If there is water on a planet, there is life”.

When Web Companies Grow Up They Turn Into Java Shops [Video] - DZone Java Opinion and observation that the major web companies start with scripting and move into JVM and Java development for…dzone.com

JVM bright future :-) http://www.javaworld.com/article/3106777/scripting-jvm-languages/microservices-java-on-java-top-oracles-jvm-design-goals.html

JVM Language Summit 2016 = Two days and a half of deep technical insights on the bright future of the JVM runtime :-) VM Futures Adventures in Parametric Polymorphism Project Jigsaw: Under The Hood Valhalla Reflection Nashorn Modularity

Can’t wait to next week JVM Language Summit! http://openjdk.java.net/projects/mlvm/jvmlangsummit/

Internet of Things = Internet of Java :-) https://jaxenter.com/java-is-the-go-to-language-for-iot-applications-127844.html

JDK 9 JShell — Must try :-) http://blog.mueller-bruehl.de/netbeans/netbeans-and-the-java-platform-shell/

Latest Tiobe report. Java #1 +2.97% increase. I am really puzzled when i hear folks stating that Java adoption is down :-) http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index

More Java in the Azure Cloud. Can only be good :-) https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-collaboration-with-jenkins-project/