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Gradle at Beyond Market Intelligence is a file of 4 stories. The newest of them: “Java's Autumn Update: TornadoVM, Groovy, and Key Releases Arrive”, “Java's Fall Momentum: JEPs, CDI 5.0, and Kotlin Tooling Advance”, and “Explore the latest Java updates that simplify and strengthen your workflow.”. TornadoVM 7.0 and Groovy 6.0 have arrived, and that's worth pausing for. This week's roundup leads with two promising OpenJDK JEPs targeting ahead-of-time compilation and structured concurrency. Acme AI is the next-generation, AI-powered spreadsheet platform built to replace Excel and redefine how analysts, data scientists, and enterprise teams work… The list below is every Gradle story on Beyond Market Intelligence, newest first.
Java's Autumn Update: TornadoVM, Groovy, and Key Releases Arrive
TornadoVM 7.0 and Groovy 6.0 have arrived, and that's worth pausing for. This week's Java roundup from September 21st, 2026, also includes point releases for GraalVM and Gradle, plus a seventh release candidate for Maven 4.0. These updates signal a steady, practical evolution of the ecosystem. If you're tracking how modern tools reshape data workflows, our piece on accelerating local LLM learning with Jayce offers a fitting companion. Explore what these releases mean for your daily work.
Java's Fall Momentum: JEPs, CDI 5.0, and Kotlin Tooling Advance
This week's roundup leads with two promising OpenJDK JEPs targeting ahead-of-time compilation and structured concurrency. These are the kind of foundational moves that make Java's future feel more deliberate. We also see Jakarta CDI 5.0 and ADK for Kotlin 1.0 reach GA, alongside fresh updates from Open Liberty, TornadoVM, and Micronaut. Groovy 6.0 and Gradle 9.8 are nearing completion. For a deeper look at how modern tooling is evolving, our piece on Vercel's scriptc offers a useful parallel.
Explore the latest Java updates that simplify and strengthen your workflow.
The latest Java roundup for August 3rd, 2026, brings a significant shift as Shenandoah GC moves to generational mode by default, targeting JDK 28. This change signals a maturing approach to garbage collection that prioritizes real-world performance. Alongside that, we see steady progress across the ecosystem: fresh point releases for the A2A Java SDK, Apache Camel, and Gradle, plus a maintenance update for GlassFish and Groovy 8.0's fifth milestone.
Build portable serverless logic without sacrificing native cloud power
Vendor lock-in feels like a price you pay for using the cloud, but Elena van Engelen thinks you can have it both ways. In her presentation, she lays out how Clean Architecture, Spring Cloud Function, and Gradle modules keep business logic portable across AWS and Azure. The payoff is a live demo deploying Kotlin services with Terraform CDK. It's a practical path to flexibility. For more on reducing cloud constraints, check out our piece on stateless deployments with the Model Context Protocol.