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The Eclipse Foundation's IoT and Edge Working Groups are conducting their annual Developer Survey. For reference, you can find the results and insights from previous years surveys here. Please take a few moments now to provide your input. This year's survey wraps up on October 5, 2021.

The 2021 edition of the Eclipse IoT & Edge Developer Survey is underway. This is the seventh edition of the survey, which over the years has become one of the most widely referenced technical surveys within the IoT & edge computing community.Back in July, strategic members of the Eclipse IoT...

Welcome to the ninetieth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! JDK 17 was released this week. With it, Oracle announced a new site for Java developers called dev.java. Check it out and let them know what you think! Oracle also announced plans for shifting the LTS release cadence from three to...

The freedom of open source software to use, study, modify, distribute and redistribute code is becoming indispensable for companies, organizations and the society. There is no better place to learn about the latest open source technologies than EclipseCon 2021. While this event covers runtimes, tools, and frameworks for cloud and...

In this article, we introduce the Eclipse Graphical Language Server Platform (GLSP), a technology to efficiently build diagram editors for web- and cloud-based tools. These diagram editors can run inside an IDE, such as Eclipse Theia or VS Code; or can be used stand-alone in any web application. Eclipse GLSP...

Our annual Jakarta EE Developer Survey results gives everyone in the Java ecosystem insight into how the cloud native world for enterprise Java is unfolding and what the latest developments mean for their strategies and businesses. Here’s a brief look at the top technology trends revealed in this year’s survey...

Welcome to the eighty-ninth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! We are approaching the last quarter of 2021 (can you believe it?), which in turn means that the first quarter of 2022 is also imminent. Why am I bringing this up? Well, here’s the deal. Jakarta EE 10 is scheduled for...

build:~ # halt That's the last command anyone will ever type on the venerable "build.eclipse.org" server. Born in 2005, it was used as a general-purpose machine for running builds and jobs for our committers. Some folks ran ant from cron jobs, some ran Cruise Control, and in 2007, we installed...

How is Java moving forward faster with a rapid release model? Every new Java version promises interesting features and updates. Dynamic projects like Adoptium, OpenJ9 and others will be discussed at EclipseCon 2021. The Java and JDT track will include talks that share what's new in Java tooling, demonstrate tips...

The elections to fill the elected seats in the Jakarta EE Committees are starting! The important dates are as follows: Nomination period: September 8, 2021 – September 16, 2021 Election Period: September 21, 2021 – September 28, 2021 Results announced: September 30, 2021 You can read more about the committees...