Java has had a reputation for being somewhat daunting for new programmers, but with Java 25, released this week, Oracle has something to say about that.
While Python lets students write their first program in one line, Java traditionally forced them through a gauntlet of confusing syntax just to print “Hello World.” Oracle’s Java 25 fixes this.
The centerpiece is JDK Enhancement Proposal (JEP) 512 Compact Source Files and Instance Main Methods, which eliminates the intimidating public static void main(String[] args) that has confused…








