Java 9 and Vert.x microservices are compatible for building applications, as showcased by this example application that implements a minimal, but working CI system.

Java 9, OSGi and the Future of Modularity (Part 2) by InfoQ (October 4, 2016) Concerns Regarding Jigsaw (JSR 376, Java Platform Module System) by Scott Stark (April 14, 2017) ...

As a rank-and-file Java developer, I view the Java module system as a failure. JPMS does what it says on the tin -- it's something Java needed -- but it repeats the failures of the Open Service ...

Voting on JSR-376, the Java Platform Module System (JPMS), thirteen JCP members voted ‘no,’ while 10 voted ‘yes.’ Unlike US elections, the Java Community Process (JCP) does not employ an ‘electoral ...

Opposition by Red Hat and IBM to the module system could even hold up the upcoming release of Java Development Kit (JDK) 9 in late July; modularity is slated to be the marquee feature, enabling ...

IBM has chimed in that it, too, has reservations about the module plan and would vote against the public draft of the Java Platform Module System featured in JSR 376. According to Oracle, both JSR ...

With this release, Gradle supports the Java Module System with everything needed compile and execute tests for Java modules. Devs can also build Javadoc and run applications. "While there is some ...

The Java Platform Module System was put in place with the release of Java SE 9, leading the way to decouple JavaFX from the JDK and make it available as a separate module, Oracle says.

The latest version of the Gradle open-source build automation tool, just announced, comes with a number of upgrades, bug fixes, and highly anticipated support for building and testing Java modules, ...