Blog Posts

    Jakarta EE Community Update April 2020

    by Tatjana Obradovic

    We hope this update finds everyone healthy and safe in these uncertain times. Despite the challenges we’re all facing during the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s still quite a bit going on in the Jakarta EE community that I’d like to tell you about. The 2020 Jakarta EE Developer Survey Is Open...

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    Hashtag Jakarta EE #15

    by Ivar Grimstad

    Welcome to the fifteenth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The nomination period for the Jakarta EE Working group elections has been extended until April 24, 2020. The adjusted election schedule is therefore like this: Nomination Period: March 30 – April 24, 2020 Election Period: May 1 – May 15, 2020...

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    Jakarta EE 2020 Developer Survey

    by Ivar Grimstad

    It’s finally here! The annual Jakarta EE 2020 Developer Survey is out. Make sure to use this opportunity to make your voice heard! This is the third Jakarta EE Developer Survey. The survey last year had more than 1,700 responses from individuals around the World. Let’s beat that number this...

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    Becoming an Eclipse Committer

    by Wayne Beaton

    Committers are the developers who hold the keys for an open source project. They are the ones who get to push code directly to source code repositories, configure build servers, push the output of builds to the download server, and so on. They are the ones who make decisions that...

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    Add Your Voice to the 2020 Jakarta EE Developer Survey

    by Mike Milinkovich

    Our third annual Jakarta EE Developer Survey is now open and I encourage everyone to take a few minutes and complete the survey before the April 30 deadline. Your input is extremely important. With your feedback, the entire Java ecosystem will have a better understanding of the requirements, priorities, and...

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    Hashtag Jakarta EE #14

    by Ivar Grimstad

    Welcome to the fourteenth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! It has been an interesting week in the Jakarta EE community. The work with Jakarta EE 9 makes progress, but we still need any help we can get from the community. Make sure you tune in to the Jakarta EE Update...

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    To fork, or not to fork

    by Ivar Grimstad

    There is a very interesting discussion ongoing on the Jakarta EE Community mailing list about forking Eclipse MicroProfile as Jakarta Configuration. While the discussion on the mailing list initially is about the MicroProfile Config specification specifically, it also raises the question of how the strategy of Jakarta EE should be...

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    Theia: An Open Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code

    by Mike Milinkovich

    With the release of Eclipse Theia 1.0, organizations and vendors that build cloud and desktop integrated development environments (IDEs) have a production-ready, vendor-neutral, and open source framework for creating customized development environments for both desktops and browsers. Theia is an all-new code base with independent governance from the Eclipse desktop...

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    Election Time

    by Ivar Grimstad

    The election for positions at the various committees in the Jakarta EE working group has started. There are seats up for election in the Steering Committee, the Specification Committee, and the Marketing and Brand Committee. This election consists of one seat for Participant Members and one seat for Committer Members...

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    Hashtag Jakarta EE #13

    by Ivar Grimstad

    Welcome to the thirteenth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! EclipseCon 2020 is added to the long list of events that transforms into a virtual event this year. For those with an eye for detail will notice that the conference has changed the name from EclipseCon Europe to simply EclipseCon. The...

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