Why doesn't Codecademy's IDE doesn't support enhanced switch?

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#1

Why doesn’t Codecademy’s workspace IDE doesn’t support enhanced switch statements? Is it on purpose?

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#2

Enter this statement in main in your workspace,

System.out.println("Current JVM version - " + System.getProperty("java.version"));

It will show the version being used by Codecademy as being 9.0.4

The enhanced switch statements were first added as a preview feature in Java 12, and Java 14 made these changes permanent. (See The Evolution Of Switch Statement From Java 7 to Java 17 | by Java Techie | Medium)

#3

Why doesn’t Codecademy use a more recent JDK?

#4

I don’t know. You will have to ask Codecademy Staff/Support.