The latest version the java Development Kit , Java 11 is out. 0 What are the key changes ? New Features First , What new features have been added in the 4 and a half years between the two versions ? 1) Var Keyword : The developer - friendly var keyword that came with Java 10 is another feature which helps to reduce the boilerplate coding . By only affecting local variables , the type Inference stope you repeating the same text over and over again. 2) Version String Schema : Another between the two version is how the version strings are formatted. Versions will not be using a new schema of so <major>.<minor>.<security> that rather than something like 11u31 , where the security patch in unknown , you can find out simply by looking at the last value. 3) Modularity : One of the biggest changes is the modularity introduced with Java 9. Modularity allows for you to split your application into different modules , but also changes h...