When Java 9 was introduced in 2017, it was the last major version published under the old release scheme. Since then, a six month release cadence has been adopted. This means developers don’t have to wait years for new APIs and language features, but they can get their hands onto the latest additions twice a year. In this post I’d like to describe how you can try out new language features such as Java 13 text blocks in the test code of your project, while keeping your main code still comp...
