Learn about Project Lambda, Collections with Streams, new Date and Time API, and miscellaneous new features.

This Java SE 8 New Features training delves into the major changes and enhancements in Oracle Java SE 8.

Take a tour of the new features in Java SE 8, the platform designed to support faster and easier Java development. Learn about Project Lambda, a new syntax to support lambda expressions in Java code; the new Stream API for processing collections and managing parallel processing; the DateTime API for representing, managing and calculating date and time values; and Nashorn, a new engine to better support the use of javascript code with the Java Virtual Machine. This course also covers some lesser-known features such as new methods for joining strings into lists.

Topics include:

Install Java SE 8
Working with lambda expressions and method references
Traversing collections with streams
Calculating timespans with the new DateTime API
Running javascript from Java with Nashorn
Miscellaneous new features