Ivar Grimstad's blog

Welcome to issue number one hundred and thirty-eight of Hashtag Jakarta EE! It’s still vacation time…Even so, the work with finalizing Jakarta EE 10 goes on. I was out sailing during the last platform call, but from what I can deduct from the meeting minutes, the status is pretty much...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and thirty-seven of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I am enjoying a couple of weeks off so this update will be fairly short. The ballot for ratifying Jakarta EE 10 Core Profile closes on Monday. The votes on the mailing list show that the vote will...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and thirty-six of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The ballot for ratification of Jakarta EE 10 Core Profile is open until August 15, 2022. Members of the Jakarta EE Specification Committee have binding votes. Still, community members are encouraged to cast their non-binding votes by replying...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and thirty-five of Hashtag Jakarta EE! In last week’s Hashtag Jakarta EE ( #134), I announced that the Jakarta EE 10 Platform was ready for ballot. I even started the ballot (since I am the appointed Jakarta EE Specification Committee Mentor for this specification)...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and thirty-four of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Here’s some good news! The Jakarta EE 10 Platform will go on ballot for its release review next week. Most likely on Monday. The Jakarta EE 10 Core Profile also looks to be in good shape, and will...

JBCNConf 2022 was my last conference for the “season”. And what a conference! It is organized by the Barcelona Java User Group and has had a steady increase in the number of attendees from year to year. This year with more than 1000 participants! Jakarta EE had a booth in...

The registration for EclipseCon 2022 is open. This year’s EclipseCon will take place in Ludwigsburg, Germany from October 24 to October 27. There are some great Jakarta EE talks for you to attend! Also, remember to browse the complete program as there may be other topics that you will find...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and thirty-three of Hashtag Jakarta EE! GlassFish 7.0.0-M7 passes the Jakarta EE 10 Platform TCK. The issues that are left affect the TCKs for Jakarta EE 10 Web- and Core Profiles. There is light at the end of the tunnel, but it is hard...

Welcome to issue number one hundred and thirty-two of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The program for EclipseCon 2022 has been published! The conference will be in Ludwigsburg, Germany from October 24 to October 27 later this year. There is no fast track for Eclipse Foundation staff to speaking slots at EclipseCon...

This was my second time in Nürnberg for Developer Week. The last time I spoke here was in 2017, except for an online talk in 2021. If I should estimate, the conference this year was about half the size of what it used to be, which is pretty normal nowadays...