The New Stack Makers

First released in 1995, Java’s programming language has been a leading developer platform that has become a workhorse for hundreds of enterprise applications. With each new technology evolution, Java has successfully adapted to change. But even while a recent Java ecosystem study found that more than 70% of Java applications in production environments are running inside a container, there continues to be hurdles the language must overcome to adapt to the cloud-native world.In this episode of The New Stack Makers podcast, Simon Ritter, deputy CTO of Azul Systems and Dalia Abo Sheasha, Java developer advocate of JetBrains discuss some of the challenges the language is working to overcome, and share some insight into the new features that developers are requesting. Darryl Taft, news editor of The New Stack hosted this podcast.The complexity of modern applications requires developers to master a growing array of skills, technologies, and concepts to develop in the cloud. And “what I've seen is that there is a gap