Java 7 & Java 8 new features with Lambdas & Streams (Udemy.com)
Learn Java functional programing with Lambda & Streams. Learn the exciting & powerful new features of Java 7 and Java 8
Created by: Eazy Bytes
Last updated October 2026
What you will learn
- All the new features from Java 7 version
- All the new features from Java 8 version
- Lambda (λ) expressions, Functional interfaces, Default & Static methods in Interfaces
- Streams API, Joda Date & Time API, method references, constructor references etc.
- Try-with-resources statement, catching multiple exceptions, enhancements to files & directories, string in switch statement etc.
How it compares
Against the other 231 rated Udemy courses in Java on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 53% of them
- Reviews1,839#96 of 232 by number of reviews
- Length10.1 hourslonger than 53% of them
- Last updatedOctober 2026more recently than 99% of them
Course Description
'Java 7 & 8 new features, enhancements Zero to Master' course will help in understanding all the new features from Java 7 and 8 releases. In this course we will discuss all the new features in detail both in theory and coding. Special attention and explanation given to all the major features like Lambda Expressions, Streams, JODA Date time, Default & Static methods, Optional, Method References, Functional Interfaces, Try-With-Resources statement in this course. During the course discussion, each feature will be covered first with theory explanation followed by a detailed code walkthrough and execution. You have a flexibility to skip any feature that you already know since the course is organized in such a way where skipping a known feature will not impact other sections/lectures.
All the material discussed in the course will be provided to all the enrolled students along with a GitHub repository details where the entire code discussed in the course is maintained. Each section is followed by a quiz to test your understanding at regular intervals.
Below are the features that we will discuss in this course,
Java 7 new features
THE TRY-WITH-RESOURCES STATEMENT
SUPPRESSED EXCEPTIONS
CATCHING MULTIPLE EXCEPTIONS
RETHROWING EXCEPTIONS WITH TYPE CHECKING
EASIER EXCEPTION HANDLING FOR REFLECTIONS
OBJECTS CLASS & NULL CHECKS
CLOSE METHOD INSIDE URLCLASSLOADER
ENHANCEMENTS TO FILES & DIRECTORIES
WATCHSERVICE
BINARY LITERALS
STRING IN SWITCH STATEMENT
TYPE INFERENCE/DIAMOND OPERATOR
USING UNDERSCORE IN NUMERIC LITERALS
JDBC IMPROVEMENTS
Java 8 new features
DEFAULT METHODS IN INTERFACES
STATIC METHODS IN INTERFACES
OPTIONAL TO DEAL WITH NULLS
LAMBDA (Λ) EXPRESSION
FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE
METHOD REFERENCES
CONSTRUCTOR REFERENCES
STREAMS API
NEW DATE AND TIME API(JODA)
COMPLETABLEFUTURE
MAP ENHANCEMENTS
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS UPDATES
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
1,839 Reviews
Eazy Bytes
The target of the Eazy Bytes is to educate Students, Developers and Architects on designing and implementing web applications focusing modularity, scalability, security and performance by using Java, Angular, Spring, JPA, Hibernate, Microservices, SpringBoot and Cloud.
As the name indicates the knowledge sharing will be in byte sized which can be easily understand by anyone who spends quality time during the trainings.
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Reviews
By Almiqdad hassan on 9/4/2026
very great course to learn the new features which are very important to learn to reduce the lines of code to do something and to enhance the readability of the code, doing a complex operation by streams and lamda expressions in just one or two lines make you feel their benefit and EaZy through them in very amazing manner
By Alexander D'Avila on 8/5/2025
Madan Reddy explains things in an easy-to-understand and precise manner. As soon as I have a question in my mind about a topic, he answers the question in the next sentence or paragraph. Going through the course, I felt enlightened about features I thought I knew, but I found I did not have a full understanding of them. Thanks to Madan Reddy's explanation, I feel more confident about Java in general. I highly recommend this course to all Java developers. Java 8 was a significant milestone for the Java platform. This course helps you to understand why that is the case.
By Manickaraj Murugesan on 7/2/2024
Great course to brush up the new features in Java 7 & 8. If you are trying to learn Springboot microservice, design patterns associated with that, then start with this course to learn lamda, functional programming. Not so indepth but gives you the perfect start. Practice more and get set for the pardigm shift.
By Sweta Banerjee on 1/3/2024
Very good and detailed course. I am also learning another course from the Instructor and that is also very good. Instructor explains very well and thoroughly each and every small things which ensures you understand very well. I will request the instructor to launch few more course on Java Programming from the basics and interview questions for experienced people. Overall I like this course very much.
By Vincent MORAUX on 6/16/2023
Very interesting and this is about what I was looking for. But, the trainer is often difficult to understand and automatic subtitles are of poor quality.
By Anonymized User on 3/27/2023
He teaches good but code keeps already ready.. i am not that used to it...i mean i dont like.. code should be written along with the video as teacher does in class.. it became bad habit.. but i do like it..maybe most of the tutorials also follows that only... anyway.. Good content.
By Anonymized User on 11/27/2022
I am OCPJP SE 6 programmer and didn't upgrade myself these many years. This course is very informative to learn Java 7 & 8 new features. I am very confident to use with Java 7 & 8 features now. Now I am preparing of 1Z0-819 OCPJP SE 11 certification. Could you please share the link to learn for this certification or can you share the Java 9,10, 11 new features tutorial link ?
By Sujit Pal on 11/8/2022
I came to this course as a Java 1.5 coder with 10+ years of Java, then I switched to Scala and then Python, and 5-6 years later was asked to write some Java code again (as part of a Java+Python combined system), and code reviewers pointed out many areas where I could use Java 7 and 8 idioms which I was unfamiliar with. Overall I think I got a lot from this course, instructor really takes time to drive home each concept, and the github code is also very helpful. The progression is sometimes slow, sometimes I feel my mind wandering through all the repetitions to reinforce the same concept in different ways, but overall it is more helpful then a problem.
By Anonymized User on 9/26/2022
I had a very hard time to understand his English. In fact, I had to turn on cc to read what he was saying. Suggestion - I wish it had some real world examples that people use. Also connection to a database would have ben helpful. He covered Streams which was good.
By Srinivas Peddoju on 5/8/2021
This course helped me how to make use of lamda expresssions and streams and to fix the performance issues. Good explanation with multiple examples. We are eagerly waiting for other courses related to java 9 and other advanced features so that we can develop the applications efficiently.
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Overall Score : 90 / 100
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