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Welcome to the twentieth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The web page for the Starter for Jakarta EE is launched! So far, it is pretty limited, but we hope that the community can join us in making start.jakarta.ee the absolutely best place to get started with Jakarta EE. Please check...

Welcome to the nineteenth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This week, we got a new project proposal for a Jakarta EE Specification! We finally got around to it and created the project proposal for Jakarta MVC. The proposal is to transfer MVC 1.0 (JSR 371) to Jakarta EE. Eclipse Krazo...

Welcome to the eighteenth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! In the following video, you can watch an interview I did with Martijn Verburg regarding his nomination to the Jakarta EE Steering Group representing London Java Community. When talking about YouTube, I have been busy recording a couple of tech tips...

Welcome to the seventeenth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The nomination period for the Jakarta EE Working group elections has closed. Now, it is up to the candidates to convince you why they should get YOUR vote. To help with this, I have offered each candidate a short Studio Jakarta...

Welcome to the sixteenth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I know, it’s Monday and I am one day late…I usually publish these Hashtags on Sundays. My excuse this time is that it was such beautiful weather and I was busy preparing my boat for the season. Totally slipped my mind...

Welcome to the fifteenth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The nomination period for the Jakarta EE Working group elections has been extended until April 24, 2020. The adjusted election schedule is therefore like this: Nomination Period: March 30 – April 24, 2020Election Period: May 1 – May 15, 2020Winning Candidates...

It’s finally here! The annual Jakarta EE 2020 Developer Survey is out. Make sure to use this opportunity to make your voice heard! This is the third Jakarta EE Developer Survey. The survey last year had more than 1,700 responses from individuals around the World. Let’s beat that number this...

Welcome to the fourteenth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! It has been an interesting week in the Jakarta EE community. The work with Jakarta EE 9 makes progress, but we still need any help we can get from the community. Make sure you tune in to the Jakarta EE Update...

There is a very interesting discussion ongoing on the Jakarta EE Community mailing list about forking Eclipse MicroProfile as Jakarta Configuration. While the discussion on the mailing list initially is about the MicroProfile Config specification specifically, it also raises the question of how the strategy of Jakarta EE should be...

The election for positions at the various committees in the Jakarta EE working group has started. There are seats up for election in the Steering Committee, the Specification Committee, and the Marketing and Brand Committee. This election consists of one seat for Participant Members and one seat for Committer Members...