I’ve built a swipeable carousel that distills every Java SE release into a single, memorable hook—emoji + “knocking” title. Perfect to teach, upgrade-plan, or just reminisce.
What you’ll swipe through:
Java SE 1.0 — ☕ Java Arrives: Write Once, Run Anywhere
Java SE 1.1 — 🫘 Beans, JDBC & Reflection Spark
Java SE 1.2 (Java 2) — 🧰 Collections & Swing: The Big Upgrade
Java SE 1.3 — 🔥 HotSpot Ignition
Java SE 1.4 — ⚡ NIO, Regex & Logging Built-In
Java SE 5.0 (1.5) — 🧬 Generics & Annotations Revolution
Java SE 6 — 🛠️ Scripting & Web-Services Era
Java SE 7 — 🪙 Project Coin & Fork/Join Power
Java SE 8 — 🏄 Lambdas & Streams Wave
Java SE 9 — 🧩 Jigsaw: Java Goes Modular
Java SE 10 — 🧾 var Lands: Lighter Locals
Java SE 11 (LTS) — 🛡️ LTS Reboot & Modern HTTP
Java SE 12 — 🔀 Switch, Meet Expressions
Java SE 13 — 🧱 Text Blocks Debut (Preview)
Java SE 14 — 🪪 Records & Pattern Matching (Preview)
Java SE 15 — 🧭 Sealed Classes Preview + Hidden Classes
Java SE 16 — ✅ Records Go GA; Cleaner instanceof
Java SE 17 (LTS) — 🏁 LTS: Sealed & Steady
Java SE 18 — 🌐 UTF-8 by Default & Tiny Web Server
Java SE 19 — 🧵 Virtual Threads Preview & Structured Concurrency
Java SE 20 — 🧩 Record Patterns & FFM Advance
Java SE 21 (LTS) — 🚀 LTS: Virtual Threads Go Mainstream
Java SE 22 — 🔗 FFM Finalized + String Templates
Java SE 23 — 📝 Markdown Javadoc & Generational ZGC
Java SE 24 — 🧪 Stream Gatherers & Class-File API
👉 Swipe the carousel to see the full list from 1.0 (1996) to 24 (2025)—one slide per release, each with a punchy takeaway.
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