Tatjana Obradovic's blog

The Jakarta EE community is the driving force behind the future of cloud-native Java. Active participation represents the best way to drive the vendor-neutral and rapid innovation necessary to modernize enterprise systems for cloud use cases. That said, we’d like to make sure that the community is kept up-to-speed with...

The intention of the blog is to list all the ways we currently (May 2019) engage with the community. Social media Jakarta EE on social media Twitter: @JakartaEE Facebook: Jakarta EE LinkedIn Group: Jakarta.EE Mailing lists Subscribe to our mailing-lists https://jakarta.ee/connect/ jakarta.ee-community@eclipse.org jakarta.ee-wg@eclipse.org Note: people involved in a specific project...

Technical Work We will need a lot of help on this front as well o Jakarta EE specifications: specification documents and APIs We have heard from members of the community some suggestions on what they need from the specification, but we can always use more. Get involved in the discussion...

We all know in this day and age, marketing and social media are essential. Social media is an effective way to stay connected with the Jakarta EE community. By informing the community about project milestones, progress, news around Jakarta EE, and how to become a contributor, you can help build...

It is March already, and excitement for Jakarta EE is growing. The migration to Jakarta EE is almost complete! In the wake of the successful launch of the Java EE 8-compatible Eclipse GlassFish 5.1 in January, we are keeping our sights set firmly forward. We will continue to work towards...

By now most of you are aware already that Oracle has contributed Java EE specification to open source, and into Eclipse Foundation. The Java enterprise community decided to rename the Java EE specification to Jakarta EE. Part of this huge transition to open source is changing the specification process. The...

I am very excited to say that Eclipse GlassFish 5.1-RC1 is now released! The version we are working on, Eclipse GlassFish 5.1.0, will be Java EE 8 certified once it is fully released, however, the RC1 gives the community an opportunity to test the code and provide their feedback. We...

I made it to my first 100 days at the Eclipse Foundation! New beginnings are always exciting. It has been a blast and a challenge at the same time. Many twists and turns, but steady progress nevertheless for both Jakarta EE and me! My experience at the Eclipse Foundation started...

A major milestone was achieved this September 2018! The Jakarta EE TCKs are here and finally open sourced! It was long wished for and waited on by many. But what exactly does that mean? Transparency: Vendors, customers, and the community, in general, can see what passing the tests really means...

A major milestone was achieved yesterday! The GlassFish code from Oracle made its home in the Eclipse Foundation's Git repositories ( https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/glassfish), starting a new era of Eclipse GlassFish. This is another step in making Jakarta EE a vehicle for innovation in cloud-native application development. The Eclipse GlassFish application server...