Ivar Grimstad's blog

Welcome to the ninetieth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! JDK 17 was released this week. With it, Oracle announced a new site for Java developers called dev.java. Check it out and let them know what you think! Oracle also announced plans for shifting the LTS release cadence from three to...

Welcome to the eighty-ninth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! We are approaching the last quarter of 2021 (can you believe it?), which in turn means that the first quarter of 2022 is also imminent. Why am I bringing this up? Well, here’s the deal. Jakarta EE 10 is scheduled for...

The elections to fill the elected seats in the Jakarta EE Committees are starting! The important dates are as follows: Nomination period: September 8, 2021 – September 16, 2021 Election Period: September 21, 2021 – September 28, 2021 Results announced: September 30, 2021 You can read more about the committees...

Welcome to the eighty-eighth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The release plan for Jakarta EE Core Profile 10 has been published by the Jakarta EE Platform project. I won’t go through every detail of it here, but I wanted to list the specifications that are proposed to be part of...

Welcome to the eighty-seventh issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! If you haven’t done so yet, I want to remind you of the JakartaOne Livestream 2021 Call for Papers. The CFP closes on September 15, so there is still time to have a chance of speaking to a global audience in...

Welcome to the eighty-sixth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The Jakarta EE 10 release plan is approved! According to the plan, Jakarta EE 10 Platform and Web Profile is targeting a release in Q1, 2022. This is a little less than a year after Jakarta EE 9.1 (May 2021). In...

Welcome to the eighty-fifth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I am still on vacation, but you know what they say: “ The Hashtag must go on…“. The plan review for Jakarta EE 10 Platform and Web Profile has started and is happening on the public Jakarta EE Specification Committee mailing...

Welcome to the eighty-fourth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I’m out on vacation these weeks, so I will keep it short this time. The work on the Jakarta EE 10 plan continues, and will (hopefully) be completed in the platform call in the coming week. Even if I am out...

Welcome to the eighty-third issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Last week’s platform call was devoted entirely to the Jakarta EE 10 release plan. The platform team is in agreement, and only a last brushup is needed before the plan is submitted for plan review by the Jakarta EE Specification Committee...

Welcome to the eighty-second issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! One of the goals the Jakarta EE platform project is working towards is to create some sort of predictability regarding Java SE with future Jakarta EE releases. It seems that we are approaching something that looks like a strategy regarding this...