https://devops-monk.com/tags/jep282/Recent content in Jep282 on Devops MonkHugoen-usMon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://devops-monk.com/tutorials/java11/tooling-jshell-jlink/Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://devops-monk.com/tutorials/java11/tooling-jshell-jlink/Overview Java 9 and 11 added three tools that change how you write, test, and deploy Java code: Tool JEP Release Purpose JShell JEP 222 Java 9 Interactive REPL for Java code jlink JEP 282 Java 9 Build minimal custom JRE images Single-file programs JEP 330 Java 11 Run .java files directly JShell — Interactive Java REPL JShell is Java’s Read-Eval-Print Loop: a command-line tool for evaluating Java expressions, statements, methods, and classes interactively, without creating a project.