Welcome to the fifty-eighth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This was the weekend of Fosdem. I had a Jakarta EE talk on Saturday in the Foojay devroom. The talk was recorded and I was looking forward to wearing my new, nice T-shirt on the video during the Q&A. A last-minute...
As you probably are aware, the concept of a single reference implementation (RI) to prove that a specification is implementable does not exist in Jakarta EE. The Jakarta EE Specification Process ( JESP) mandates at least one compatible implementation (CI), but preferably as many as possible. Take a look at...
There is nothing worse than working in the dark. Even a task seemingly as simple as plugging a cable can be an exercise in frustration without the proper lighting. The same applies if you are working to deliver IoT and Edge Computing solutions. Without knowledge of market trends, you are...
We're seeing a trend of free (as in beer) resources being discontinued, or altered, with very little time provided to allow projects to react. This causes pain for OSS projects that use and depend on these services. The trend is certainly not new, and although there's certainly a case for...
The start of the year is strong for Jakarta EE. New members, new plans for the next release, new initiatives and new Jakarta EE talks and sessions. Please read on. The Jakarta EE community and Working Group is growing! A new Enterprise member joined the Jakarta EE working group. We...
It has been a great pleasure to witness steady progress in Jakarta EE in the year 2020. This was a very challenging year around the globe, but even with the impact of the pandemic, we continued to make great strides forward in the Jakarta EE community. Before we look ahead...
The Eclipse Foundation’s board of directors recently approved the creation of the Eclipse Automotive Top-Level Project. This new project provides a space for open source projects to explore ideas and technologies addressing challenges in the automotive, mobility and transportation domain. In a recent report [1.] 451 Research said, “The Eclipse...
The Eclipse Foundation is a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Numbering Authority. Eclipse project committers can use the tools that best suit their needs to remediate their vulnerability, provided that–when disclosed–related issues are tracked via the official (open and transparent) project issue tracker. To the extent possible, tools used to...
Welcome to the fifty-seventh issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I wanted to take the opportunity to show you that I don’t always sit by my desk writing blog posts and attending virtual events. I do other stuff as well! At the end of this week, we got some days of...
Welcome to the fifty-sixth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! It is time for a new edition of Studio Jakarta EE LIVE! This time I have Emily Jiang from IBM with me in the studio. We will talk about MicroProfile 4.0 and I am pretty sure that Emily will show some...