How do we keep our Java applications up to date and secure (#63)

Last month, I published a Foojay blog post about the risks in systems that are stuck on old or outdated Java versions and got a lot of feedback from developers. Most of them want to move on but get stuck on management decisions, outdated production environments, or one of the many other reasons that keep systems stuck on old Java versions and dependencies...

Do you want to bring your system from Java 8 to 23? Did you know that Java 17 already got 13 security releases? And that you can use tools like OpenRewrite to help you update your code?

Related Foojay articles
Why Java 8 is a Ticking Time Bomb Hiding Within Your Organization
foojay.io/today/why-java-8-is-a-ticking-time-b…
How Organizations Became Stuck on Outdated Java Versions
foojay.io/today/how-organizations-became-stuck…
Guests
Gerrit Grunwald
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Jonathan Schneider
linkedin.com/in/jonkschneider
Martijn Dashorst
linkedin.com/in/dashorst
Carl Wanting
linkedin.com/in/carl-wanting-638943
Charl Fasching
linkedin.com/in/charl-fasching-77843288
Johan Janssen
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Content

00:00 Introduction of the topic and guests

01:35 Gerrit Grunwald about CVE fixes in Java updates
04:58 LTS (Long Term Support) versus STS (Short Term Support)

9:45 Jonathan Schneider about the goal of OpenRewrite
12:15 Upgrade all at once, or step by step?
14:03 Who creates the recipes?
15:08 What Moderne is offering on top of OpenRewrite
17:29 How to use OpenRewrite in your IDE
18:32 Companies maintaining recipies for their products
20:05 Jonathan's view on the importance of upgrades
26:56 Other use cases for OpenRewrite

29:03 Martijn Dashorst: Updating legacy projects 

33:12 Carl Wanting and Charl Fasching: Migrating projects

39:43 Johan Janssen: Java evolutions and upgrading

42:51 Outro