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Welcome to the forty-eighth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! JakartaOne Livestream 2020 is just around the corner. Make sure you register today! We continue the cupcake success from the Milestone party in June. This time we go even bigger! A final release deserves a proper CAKE! Join us in the...

I think this lineup deserves some spotlight. JakartaOne Livestream 2020 is packed with quality content. Check out the schedule and make sure you register for the event! Between the sessions, we return to Studio Jakarta EE where Tanja and I will talk about the sessions, celebrate the Jakarta EE 9...

A specification must, according to the Jakarta EE Specification Process (JESP), provide a test suite to verify that an implementation implements the specification correctly. This test suite is called a Test Compatibility Kit (TCK). There must be at least one compatible implementation, i.e. an implementation that passes the TCK, for...

What better way of spending a Friday night than some Jakarta EE 9 live coding on YouTube with Markus Karg? I don’t think any lengthy description is needed since the video speaks for itself. It is FUN and you don’t want to miss it!

Welcome to the forty-seventh issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Jakarta EE 9 is released and available in Maven Central! You can start using it today. This is how you configure your pom.xml for Jakarta EE Platform 9: <dependency> <groupId>jakarta.platform</groupId> <artifactId>jakarta.jakartaee-api</artifactId> <version>9.0.0</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> And this is how you configure your...

Welcome to the forty-sixth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This is the last time I will be showing the status pie chart for Jakarta EE 9. All the ongoing ballots will end this week, so the rest of the specifications are ready to be released on Friday. This week, we...

The work with Jakarta MVC 2.0 goes forward. According to the Jakarta EE Specification Process (JESP), we are now in the development phase where we will release as many milestones as we need until we are satisfied to move on to finalize the specification. There are already Milestone 1 releases...

I know, you are probably pretty tired of elections by now. But please, take the time to submit your vote in the Javas Community Process (JCP) Executive Committee (EC) elections. The ballot is open for voting until November 16, 2020. All the relevant information can be found on the JCP...

We are ready to move forward with the namespace change from javax.mvc.* to jakarta.mvc.* for Jakarta MVC. This will be released as Jakarta MVC 2.0. According to the Jakarta EE Specification Process (JESP), we need to engage in a plan review with the Specification Committee. The key goal of this...

Welcome to the forty-fifth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Look at that! All Jakarta EE 9 Specification ballots are either ongoing or done! This means that given the ballots are completed successfully, we are ready to release Jakarta EE 9 on Friday, November 20, 2020. Wednesday this week, we visited...