JavaOne 2025 returned to the Bay Area as a standalone event. It was held at the Oracle Conference Center at the Oracle Campus in Redwood Shores. While significantly smaller than it used to be, it was an excellent revival of the conference. The event team managed to create an extremely friendly feel-good vibe. Coffee was served all day, and Duke was there. Duke even rocked the dance floor to the Nullpointers at the attendee party. On Wednesday morning at 6:30 AM, a surprisingly large group of attendees met for the JavaOne morning run.

Jakarta EE was well represented by Tanja and myself. We had a booth on the exhibition floor located between our friends at Microsoft and Payara. Lots of attendees came by our booth, which resulted in good conversations. It was such a blast to meet all the community members there.

I had a packed room with standing room only for my talk titled The Evolution of Enterprise Java with Jakarta EE 11 and Beyond. The talk takes us through the past, present, and future of Enterprise Java, with an obvious focus on Jakarta EE. It has some cool code demos and some fun anecdotes from the past.

Mark your calendars for March 2026 for the next edition of JavaOne!