One of the biggest annoyances of Java has always been the amount of code needed to write even "Hello World." This is a barrier for new users. Oracle wants to do something about this. "Paving the on-ramp" is therefore receiving a lot of attention, including in the pre-briefing we attended on Java 25. A good example of this is JEP 512 (Compact Source Files and Instance Main Methods). New users can write their first programs without needing extensive knowledge of the language.