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    Hashtag Jakarta EE #255

    Sunday, November 17, 2024 - 05:59 by Ivar Grimstad
    Welcome to issue number two hundred and fifty-five of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Last week, I was on a small Italian JUG Tour, visiting the Java User Groups in Milan and Turin. You can read about the events in my blog posts about JUG Milano and JUG Torino. Next week, I will...

    JUG Torino 2024

    Thursday, November 14, 2024 - 04:27 by Ivar Grimstad
    After speaking at JUG Milano on Monday in Milan, the trip continued to Turin and JUG Torino on Tuesday. Rosaria joined me at this event as well, and both of us updated our slides and tweaked the presentations. Rosaria presented SKILLAB, which analyses the skills associated with Open Source. You...

    Eclipse Cloud DevTools Contributor Award Q4/2024: Recognizing TypeFox’s Open Collaboration Tools

    Wednesday, November 13, 2024 - 10:10 by John Kellerman
    The Eclipse Cloud DevTools (ECDT) community is pleased to present TypeFox with the Q4 2024 Contributor Award in acknowledgment of their contribution to the Eclipse ecosystem with the Open Collaboration Tools (OCT) project. This award highlights TypeFox’s work on OCT, which enhances remote collaboration for developers by providing adaptable, open...

    JUG Milano 2024

    Wednesday, November 13, 2024 - 04:27 by Ivar Grimstad
    On Monday, I visited JUG Milano together with my colleague Rosaria Rossini. She did a short talk about soft and hard skills needed for Open Source titled Java & Skills: a research activities in research@eclipse. After that, I did a talk titled Jakarta EE Meets AI where I show different...

    Eclipse Temurin Reaches 500 Million Downloads: A Milestone in Open Source Java

    Tuesday, November 12, 2024 - 06:11 by Carmen Delgado
    We’re thrilled to share an exciting milestone with the community: Eclipse Temurin has reached over 500 million cumulative downloads as of October 31, 2024! This achievement reflects the growing trust and reliance of the Java community on Temurin as a secure, high-performance, TCK Certified, and high-quality OpenJDK runtime. Reaching this...

    Hashtag Jakarta EE #254

    Sunday, November 10, 2024 - 05:59 by Ivar Grimstad
    Welcome to issue number two hundred and fifty-four of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I am in the middle of a trip across Europe that started at DevCon in in Bucharest, Rumania and continued to SFSCon in Bolzano, Italy. Right now, I am on my way to Milan and Turin to talk at...

    SFSCON 2024

    Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 08:04 by Ivar Grimstad
    This was the 24th edition of the South Tyrol Free Software Conference (SFSCON) in Bolzano. I is a free event that attracts visitors mostly from Northern Italy, Austria and Switzerland. This year, there were about 1000 registered attendees. All the sessions at the conference are 15-minute long lighting talks happening...

    DevCon 2024

    Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 22:11 by Ivar Grimstad
    I have been to Bucharest several times speaking at various conferences. Devcon was a new experience, even if it is organized by the same team as some of the other ones I have spoken at. It is a two day conference with multiple tracks, or stages, that vary a little...

    JCP EC Elections 2024

    Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 01:41 by Ivar Grimstad
    The election for the JCP Executive Committee started today! All JCP Members eligible to vote have received an e-mail with voting instructions. Don’t wait – cast your vote today! The ballot will close at 11:59 PM PST on November 18 We would appreciate if you cast your vote for Eclipse...