Parallel Universe made a comprehensive 3-part blog post to modern Java. They cover language features like lambdas, as well as notable libraries for build, deployment, monitoring, and web development.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.paralleluniverse.co&#x2F;2014&#x2F;05&#x2F;01&#x2F;modern-java&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.paralleluniverse.co&#x2F;2014&#x2F;05&#x2F;01&#x2F;modern-java&#x2F;</a>