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Welcome to the thirty-sixth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This week’s status of the ballots for the Jakarta EE 9 specifications is that there are still three passed, but now there are seven ongoing ballots. Of these seven, two will close this week. Some of those that are close to...

Welcome to the thirty-fifth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Jakarta EE 9 is chugging along. There are three specifications that have passed the ballot for approval by the Jakarta EE Specification Committee and two ballots that are ongoing. More are expected to start this week. We hit a bump in...

Welcome to the thirty-fourth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This week, I held a JetBrains Live Webinar titled Jakarta EE 9 and Beyond. The recording of the webinar is embedded below. The highlight of the session, in my opinion, is the Q&A section at the end. So if you don’t...

Welcome to the thirty-third issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! As I mentioned in last week’s Hashtag, the Jakarta EE 9 release will be postponed. We have not decided on a date yet, but I would be very surprised if we are delayed more than a little over a month. We...

Welcome to the thirty-second issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I am still enjoying the last couple of days of my vacation, so I will be brief… We knew that the schedule to get Jakarta EE 9 out was tight, and as it turns out that it was a little too...

Welcome to the thirty-first issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I admit that I haven’t stayed 100% up-to-date on what’s been going on in the Jakarta EE community the last week. It’s vacation time, and my focus has been on other things than staying connected. Things like early morning dip in...

Welcome to the thirtieth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! It’s vacation time, but the hashtag series continues… The Jakarta EE Working Group has created a Jakarta EE 9 Tools Vendor Datasheet that collects information regarding the Jakarta EE 9 release. Specifically around the namespace change from javax.* to jakarta.*. Please...

Welcome to the twenty-ninth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This week, we had the monthly Jakarta EE Community Update Call. It is a relaxed event where we talk about the latest updates in the Jakarta EE Community and community efforts. If you missed it, take a look at the recording...

Welcome to the twenty-eighth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The CFP for JakartaOne Livestream 2020 is open! It will close on July 31, so submit sooner rather than later. We will be reviewing abstracts continuously. I am happy to announce that my talk Jakarta EE 9 and Beyond is scheduled...

Welcome to the twenty-seventh issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Last week was a shorter week due to the holidays in North America, but the work with Jakarta EE 9 continues. It is a pretty tight schedule, so any help is appreciated. Work on Jakarta MVC progresses as well. We have...