Best of Java 2025
The best tools and tech from the Java ecosystem in 2025:- Flavour single-page app framework: Make a full web app without a line of JavaScript! Now faster and better than ever. See lots of short examples in the Tea Sampler, or read the Flavour Book.
- web-push: Add web push notifications to your Java project.
- BigBone: A Mastodon library for Java.
- mvnd — The Maven Daemon.
Type one extra letter, speed up your maven builds by 20-50%! Seriously, try it and see for yourself. mvnd is a drop-in replacement for maven. Once installed, just type
mvnd
in place ofmvn
and mvnd runs your builds using an in-memory, always running daemon process. After the first build, cached classes and data ensure markedly faster builds. If your development cycle is code/maven/test/repeat, you can see a significant increase in productivity. - Picocli: Makes command-line app coding easy, so you can worry about your logic, not parsing and help text.
- Maven Shade Plugin: Create single-jar apps with all dependencies, just by adding one plugin to your POM.
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