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Welcome to the ninety-fifth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Next week is the week of EclipseCon 2021. EclipseCon 2021 is a four-day online conference, and it is 100% free! It is packed with content that should cater to anyone. Check out the schedule for your pick! I’ll focus on the...

Welcome to the ninety-fourth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Jakarta EE 10 is entering a new phase! The release reviews for the individual specifications are about to start. The release reviews are expected to be conducted over the following months, and hopefully, be concluded by the end of the Year...

Welcome to the ninety-third issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This week, I had the pleasure of speaking at JCON 2021. Two talks, actually: Jakarta EE Core Profile – A Slimmer Jakarta EE and Jakarta EE Security – Sailing Safe in Troubled Waters. The last one co-speaking with Werner Keil. Even...

Welcome to the ninety-second issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! It’s the first week of October and fall is definitely here. And, as I mentioned in last week’s Hashtag Jakarta EE #91, the conference season starts with a mix of online, hybrid, and in-person events. I am also happy to announce...

Welcome to the ninety-first issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The nomination period for the Jakarta EE committees elections closed last week. All committee members currently holding a seat were nominated without opposition, thus elected by acclamation. Committer Representative STEERING COMMITTEE- Arjan Tijms SPECIFICATION COMMITTEE- Werner Keil MARKETING COMMITTEE- Otavio Santana...

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...