Step 1: Install the JDK If you want to play around with a Java preview feature, you'll first need a Java Development Kit. Here's how to install JDK 13 on Ubuntu and set the all-important JAVA_HOME ...

Text blocks are scheduled to become a permanent feature of the Java Language in Java SE 15. In this article Brian Goetz, Java Language Architect at Oracle, provides a deep-dive into the topic.

“Java 14 removes so much noise in code,” Subramaniam says, pointing to Records, Pattern Matching, and Switch Expressions. (Switch Expressions was first previewed in JDK 12).