Java Magazine has a large number of subscribers, and this month they will be reading about using jdeps -jdkinternals : jdeps, Compact Profiles, and Java Modularity http://www.oraclejavamagazine-digital.com/javamagazine/november_december_2014#pg39 I expect there will be further articles in response to JEP 220 and the JDK 9/Jigsaw EA. Alex