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We have created a set of Jakarta EE Community Cards that you can use to show your participation in the Jakarta EE Community. Save any card you want and share it on social media or your website. If you use the hashtag #JakartaEE, we will do our best to amplify...

Welcome to the sixty-ninth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The Compatibility Certification Requests ( #334 and #335) for Eclipse GlassFish 6.1.RC1 has been filed both for Jakarta EE Platform 9.1 as well as Jakarta EE Web Profile 9.1. These CCRs will be used in the ratification of the final Jakarta...

EclipseCon 2021 will be an online event this year as well. It was a success in 2020 and the intention is to be at least as good this year! Hopefully, we will return to a live event in Ludwigsburg next year. But until then, submit your talk to EclipseCon 2021...

The annual 2021Jakarta EE Developer Survey is out. Make sure to use this opportunity to make your voice heard! This is the fourth Jakarta EE Developer Survey, so it is safe to say that it has become an annual tradition and is your chance to influence the direction of the...

Welcome to the sixty-eighth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! We have a date for Jakarta EE 9.1! Eclipse GlassFish 6.1.0.RC1 passes the Jakarta EE 9.1 TCK and is available for download. The TCK project is in the process of wrapping up everything for the release. We plan to initiate the...

Welcome to the sixty-seventh issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! One of the most exciting things that happened in the Jakarta EE space this week is that the Jakarta EE Platform project decided to start working on a new Jakarta EE Core Profile. The Pull Request to start the process of...

Welcome to the sixty-sixth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Jakarta EE 9.1 is on track for the mid-May release. GlassFish 6.1 now passes the TCK and a release candidate will be made available this week. Meanwhile, the work with planning for the next Jakarta EE release goes on. We are...

Over the past year, the Eclipse Foundation spoke to leading Java developers around the world to discuss why they rely on Jakarta EE and the unique benefits of using Jakarta EE technologies. Their input is captured in our white paper, which describes the important advantages Jakarta EE offers today and...

Welcome to the sixty-fifth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! It looks like Jakarta EE 9.1 may be delivered sometime in May. The Jakarta EE Platform project discussed the possibility for a release date in mid-May at this week’s platform call. There are still a couple of details to be sorted...

Welcome to the sixty-fourth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! $ java -version openjdk version "16" 2021-03-16 OpenJDK Runtime Environment AdoptOpenJDK (build 16+36) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM AdoptOpenJDK (build 16+36, mixed mode, sharing) Java 16 contains a lot of goodies for us, so go ahead and download it to give it...