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With EclipseCon 2020 just a few weeks away, we’re taking a closer look at sessions about web and desktop tools and IDEs. This conference track takes us back to our roots — the Eclipse IDE — and into the next generations of IDE platforms, tools, and technologies. With numerous sessions...

Welcome to the thirty-fifth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Jakarta EE 9 is chugging along. There are three specifications that have passed the ballot for approval by the Jakarta EE Specification Committee and two ballots that are ongoing. More are expected to start this week. We hit a bump in...

The Eclipse Foundation recently announced its intention to transition to Europe as part of its continued global expansion. To support this initiative, we needed to start making some important changes to our website. This week, we made available the first round of these changes! 1. Eclipse Membership First off, it...

EclipseCon 2020 is coming up October 19-22 and it’s time to start planning your experience. To help you target the talks you’re most interested in, we’re highlighting IoT and Edge sessions and speakers we’re sure you won’t want to miss. Taking IoT to the Edge With the next generation of...

Welcome to the thirty-fourth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This week, I held a JetBrains Live Webinar titled Jakarta EE 9 and Beyond. The recording of the webinar is embedded below. The highlight of the session, in my opinion, is the Q&A section at the end. So if you don’t...

In May we announced that the Eclipse Foundation is becoming a Belgian international nonprofit association. I wanted to take this opportunity to provide you with an update on the progress of the transition, the next steps, and what it all means to our global community of developers and diverse membership...

Welcome to the thirty-third issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! As I mentioned in last week’s Hashtag, the Jakarta EE 9 release will be postponed. We have not decided on a date yet, but I would be very surprised if we are delayed more than a little over a month. We...

Welcome to the thirty-second issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I am still enjoying the last couple of days of my vacation, so I will be brief… We knew that the schedule to get Jakarta EE 9 out was tight, and as it turns out that it was a little too...

Welcome to the thirty-first issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I admit that I haven’t stayed 100% up-to-date on what’s been going on in the Jakarta EE community the last week. It’s vacation time, and my focus has been on other things than staying connected. Things like early morning dip in...

Welcome to the thirtieth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! It’s vacation time, but the hashtag series continues… The Jakarta EE Working Group has created a Jakarta EE 9 Tools Vendor Datasheet that collects information regarding the Jakarta EE 9 release. Specifically around the namespace change from javax.* to jakarta.*. Please...