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    Jakarta EE Compatible Explained

    Thursday, February 16, 2023 - 16:58 by Ivar Grimstad
    You have probably heard the term Compatible being used in the context of Jakarta EE What does it actually mean? And what is the difference between a Jakarta EE Compatible Product and a Jakarta EE Compatible Implementation ? Before we dive into explaining those terms, let’s first look at the...

    Hashtag Jakarta EE #163

    Sunday, February 12, 2023 - 05:59 by Ivar Grimstad
    Welcome to issue number one hundred and sixty-three of Hashtag Jakarta EE ! Tuesday this week, we had the first Monthly Jakarta EE Platform Architecture call of 2023. Don’t worry if you missed it. You can check out the minutes or watch the recording on YouTube . The minutes from...

    Jfokus 2023

    Thursday, February 9, 2023 - 03:50 by Ivar Grimstad
    Jfokus is one of my absolute favorite conferences. This year’s edition was no exception. The organization is excellent, you can tell that they’ve done this before. This was the 17th edition of Jfokus since it started back in 2007. On Wednesday morning, we continued the tradition that started last year...

    Hashtag Jakarta EE #162

    Sunday, February 5, 2023 - 05:59 by Ivar Grimstad
    Welcome to issue number one hundred and sixty-two of Hashtag Jakarta EE ! We have reached February, and are now a month into the first quarter of 2023. The Jakarta EE Platform Project is in the midst of putting together a release plan for Jakarta EE 11. The goal is...

    DEVIES Award to Jakarta EE 10

    Thursday, February 2, 2023 - 04:28 by Ivar Grimstad
    We are excited to announce that Jakarta EE 10 has won a 2023 DEVIES Award in the Programming Languages & Frameworks category. The 11th annual DEVIES Awards are the definitive annual awards for the software industry recognizing outstanding design, engineering, and innovation in developer technology across 31 categories. “Developer tools...

    Hashtag Jakarta EE #161

    Sunday, January 29, 2023 - 05:59 by Ivar Grimstad
    Welcome to issue number one hundred and sixty-one of Hashtag Jakarta EE ! We are almost a month into 2023 and the Jakarta EE Platform Project is ramping up the release planning for Jakarta EE 11 . A survey will shortly go out to all the individual component specification projects...

    jChampionsConf 2023

    Tuesday, January 24, 2023 - 16:03 by Ivar Grimstad
    This was the third edition of jChampionsConf . As the name implies, all speakers of this conference are Java Champions . The 100% virtual four-day conference (January 19, 20, 23, and 24) is available on the JChampions Conference YouTube channel . Don’t worry if you missed a talk when it...

    Hashtag Jakarta EE #160

    Sunday, January 22, 2023 - 05:59 by Ivar Grimstad
    Welcome to issue number one hundred and sixty of Hashtag Jakarta EE ! Last week, I was speaking at THAT Conference in Round Rock, Texas. It was my first travel in 2023, and it felt really good to be on the road again. I have a feeling that 2023 will...

    THAT Conference 2023

    Wednesday, January 18, 2023 - 18:03 by Ivar Grimstad
    It was my first time attending and speaking at THAT Conference . It is a three-day conference at the Kalahari Resorts and Convention Center in Round Rock, Texas. The original conference in Wisconsin has been going on for years, and this was the second time it was organized in Texas...

    Hashtag Jakarta EE #159

    Sunday, January 15, 2023 - 05:59 by Ivar Grimstad
    Welcome to issue number one hundred and fifty-nine of Hashtag Jakarta EE ! As I mentioned in Hashtag Jakarta EE #157 , the Steering Committee of the Jakarta EE Working Group has been working on defining high-level guidelines for Jakarta EE 11. The effort, led by Steve Millidge , concluded...